On 2023-01-11 21:11:59 Michele Calgaro via tde-users wrote: > On 2023/01/12 01:19 AM, blu.256 via tde-users wrote: > > Hello everyone! > > > > I have been working on some fixes improvements to KXkb, the TDE keyboard > > tool and layout switcher¹. The fixes should make configuring keyboard > > layouts easier and should solve some long-standing issues with keyboard > > switching (e.g. Bugzilla issue #100). > > > > One of the improvements that I have been thinking to include but for > > which I need user feedback concerns TDEPersonalizer, the wizard that > > gets shown on the first run of the desktop, or later, at users' > > choice. The first step of this wizard lets you choose your country and > > system language. The idea is that based on this information, the > > keyboard layouts will be conveniently set up for you with a sane default, > > with minimal need for user feedback (who can later adjust this default > > manually). > > > > But the problem is that I am not sure what that default should be. If > > you consider, for example, cyrillic languages or greek, a good default, > > in my opinion, would be a combination of the standard latin layout > > (English) plus the layout of that language (so you have two layouts > > that you can switch between). If you take languages based on the latin > > alphabet though (e.g. Italian, French, Czech etc.) users might not > > actually need a latin layout, so they will be fine with just the layout > > of the keyboard layout of their own language. > > > > A good solution IMO would be adding a checkbox just below country and > > language selection that would let you enable/disable the English > > layout. This checkbox would not be shown if the language you selected > > is already English (US, UK or any variant). > > > > So, I am asking for your feedback, especially those of you who use > > non-English keyboard layouts: What do you think of this idea? Do you > > think the checkbox approach is good enough? What should be the default > > state of the checkbox, enable or disable English layout? > > > > Please take in mind beginner Trinity users too. > > > > Your feedback will be greatly appreciated! > > How about adding one page to TDEPersonalizer where the user can choose the > keyboard layouts that he wants? The content would be similar to the page > shown in KxKB config page "Layout" tab, giving the user a list of available > layouts, acitve layouts and a GUI to add/remove layouts. The default layout > would be already pre-filled based on the language choosen on the previous > page. > > What do you think about it? > > Cheers > Michele I guess you mean kpersonalizer. One may set country and language one way but still prefer to use a particular different keyboard mapping. Leslie -- Platform: GNU/Linux Hardware: x86_64 Distribution: openSUSE Leap 15.4 Desktop Environment: Trinity Qt: 3.5.0 TDE: R14.0.13 tde-config: 1.0 ____________________________________________________ tde-users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Web mail archive available at https://mail.trinitydesktop.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
