Command to switch to a specific keyboard layout?

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Command to switch to a specific keyboard layout?

Post by lolmaus »

Hi!

I'm on Linux Mint 19 Tara, Cinnamon, 64-bit.

What is the command to switch to a specific keyboard layout?

These don't work:

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gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.input-sources current 1

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gdbus call --session --dest org.gnome.Shell --object-path /org/gnome/Shell --method org.gnome.Shell.Eval "imports.ui.status.keyboard.getInputSourceManager().inputSources[1].activate()"
This does work:

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setxkbmap us
but it crashes the Cinnamon keyboard layout manager: the tray icon disappears and it is no longer possible to switch via configured hotkey.
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