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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" type="topic" style="task" id="keyboard-layouts" xml:lang="el">
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<link type="guide" xref="prefs-language"/>
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<link type="guide" xref="keyboard" group="i18n"/>
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<revision pkgversion="3.4.0" date="2012-03-25" status="final"/>
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<credit type="author copyright">
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<name>Shaun McCance</name>
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<email>shaunm@gnome.org</email>
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<credit type="author">
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<name>Julita Inca</name>
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<email>yrazes@gmail.com</email>
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<desc>Make your keyboard behave like a keyboard for another language.</desc>
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<include xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="legal.xml"/>
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<title>Use alternate keyboard layouts</title>
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<p>Keyboards come in hundreds of different layouts for different languages.
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Even for a single language, there are often multiple keyboard layouts, such
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as the Dvorak layout for English. You can make your keyboard behave like a
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keyboard with a different layout, regardless of the letters and symbols
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printed on the keys. This is useful if you often switch between multiple
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<p>Click your name on the top bar and select
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<gui>System Settings</gui>.</p>
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<p>Open <gui>Region and Language</gui> and select the
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<gui>Layouts</gui> tab.</p>
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<p>Click the <gui>+</gui> button, select a layout, and click
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<gui>Add</gui>. You can add at most four layouts.</p>
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https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=640774
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<note style="sidebar">
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<p>You can preview an image of any layout by selecting it in the list and clicking
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<gui><media type="image" src="figures/input-keyboard-symbolic.png" width="16" height="16">preview</media></gui>,
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or by clicking <gui>Preview</gui> in the pop-up window when adding a layout.</p>
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<p>When you add multiple layouts, you can quickly switch between them using
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the keyboard layout icon on the top bar. The top bar will display a short
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identifier for the current layout, such as <gui>en</gui> for the standard
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English layout. Click the layout indicator and select the layout you want to
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use from the menu.</p>
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<p>When you use multiple layouts, you can choose to have all windows use the
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same layout or to set a different layout for each window. Using a different
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layout for each window is useful, for example, if you're writing an article
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in another language in a word processor window. Your keyboard selection will
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be remembered for each window as you switch between windows.</p>
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<p>By default, new windows will use the default keyboard layout. You can
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instead choose to have them use the layout of the window you were last
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using. The default layout is the layout at the top of the list. Use the
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<gui>↑</gui> and <gui>↓</gui> buttons to move layouts up and down in
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<p>You can also set a keyboard shortcut to quickly switch between your selected
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keyboard layouts. Click <gui>Options</gui>, then locate the option group
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<gui>Key(s) to change layout</gui>. Select one or more keyboard shortcuts to
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change layouts. Some of the options only modify the layout while you hold down
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a key, rather than change the layout when you press the key.</p>
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<cite date="2012-02-19">shaunm</cite>
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<p>We're totally copping out on the custom options. That dialog is a
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monster, and needs a reference. Note that the options in there are
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dynamic from the X server. We might not get a definitive reference
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of everything ever, but let's do our best. Make a separate page.
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Don't clutter this page with that crap.</p>
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<p>Also, we should identify common uses of those options and create
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task pages for them.</p>
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<title>Custom options</title>
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You may want to add certain symbols to specific keys or adjust custom option and behaviors. You can do this by clicking <gui>Options</gui>.
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<link type="seealso" xref="session-language#system"/>
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<title>Change the system keyboard</title>
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<p>When you change your keyboard layout, you only change it for your account
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after you log in. You can also change the <em>system layouts</em>, the keyboard
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layouts used in places like the login screen.</p>
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<item><p>Change your keyboard layout, as described above.</p></item>
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<item><p>Select the <gui>System</gui> tab.</p></item>
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<item><p>Click <gui>Copy Settings</gui>.</p></item>
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<item><p><link xref="user-admin-explain">Administrative privileges</link> are
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required. Enter your password, or the password for the requested administrator
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<p>The layouts are shown next to the <gui>Input source</gui> label.</p>
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<p>If you use multiple layouts, the login screen will present the keyboard
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layout menu on the top bar.</p>
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