Can't change keyboard layout on Manjaro Sway ARM

chudische · 1 May 2025 14:06

Sorry in advance, english is not my native language. Can’t change or enable multiple keyboard layouts using sway’s input configuration. Tried this:

input type:keyboard {
 xkb_layout us,ru
 xkb_options grp:caps_toggle,grp_led:caps
 xkb_capslock disable
}

Also tried:

input type:keyboard {
 xkb_layout ru
}

but layout still won’t change even after reboot; but if I type:

sway input type:keyboard xkb_layout ru

into terminal it changes just fine. I know that sway was able to read config file because xkb_options are getting applied fine after config reload.
Am I doing something wrong? What else should I try/check?

nl.smart · 1 May 2025 14:36

Hi,

Welcome on the forum.

I did a search on the forum for you, see below the boredland Manjaro-Team answer

Search on the following page the sentence “How can I add more keyboard layouts to sway”

github.com

manjaro-sway/manjaro-sway/blob/main/SUPPORT.md

# FAQ

## Shortcuts

### How can I list the predefined shortcuts?

You can reach a quick introduction pressing `Super + Shift + ?`

### How can I (re-)declare shortcuts?

You can add your $bindsym lines to a file in `~/.config/sway/config.d/`:

```bash
$bindsym $mod+Shift+e exec $shutdown
```

to remove existing shortcuts (for example to reuse them elsewhere) you can `$unbindsym` them:

```bash
$unbindsym $mod+w

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chudische · 1 May 2025 15:18

Solution from Github worked, thanks a lot!

system · 4 May 2025 15:18

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