Switching between multiple keyboard layouts.

[navigos]

Hello everyone,

I'm using Regolith on a Brazilian laptop and have an external US keyboard. Therefore, I switch keyboards regularly. In pure Sway, the configuration in .conf/sway/config is as follows:

input "type:keyboard" {
xkb_layout br,us
xkb_variant abnt2
xkb_model abnt2
xkb_options grp:win_space_toggle
}

Is there an equivalent for use with Regolith? Some online suggestions:

xkb_options grp:alt_shift_toggle

On Sway, it only works with: xkb_options grp:win_space_toggle # swaywm/sway#1242

Apt search returns no results when searching for i3xrocks-keyboard-layout

PS:
Using Debian Trixie with Sway on Regolith v3.3
source.list pointing to Regolith: https://archive.regolith-desktop.com/debian/testing trixie main
"swaymsg input type:keyboard xkb_layout br" work as expected

Any help is welcome.

[SoumyaRanjanPatnaik]

The recommended way for setting keyboard layouts is using regolith-control-center or gnome-control-center (whichever you have available on your system.

I have been recently trying out the newly introduced wayland support for ibus. Works well if you want to have a input method switcher. It even does an overlay when you're switching layouts. Although I did occasionally run into situations where keyboard input was completely ignored by ibus / sway and had to restart to get anything done.

In case you want to give ibus a try: WaylandDesktop · ibus/ibus Wiki