Is is possible to switch between keyboard and input languages on raspbian? My wife needs to type thai language and I need english. In windows we have a hot key swap between keyboards.
Can this be done on the Pi?
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2There is a very detailed answer on Ubuntu site explaining how to set keyboard layout in LXDE. It applies to Raspbian as well.– Dmitry GrigoryevNov 10, 2016 at 15:18
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I haven't tested this, but I assume that you can change the keyboard layout in the same way as on a normal Debian install. Raspbian uses LXDE as its desktop environment, so you can follow their instructions:
setxkbmap -option grp:switch,grp:alt_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll us,th
See http://wiki.lxde.org/en/Change_keyboard_layouts (and also http://wiki.debian.org/Keyboard) for more information.
There is a quick graphical way to change the keyboard layouts, the toggle key-combination and have a panel indicator at the same time.
- Right click on the panel and choose
Add/Remove Panel Items - Click
Add - Click 'Keyboard Layout Handler`
- Click
Close - Right click on the flag that appears on the panel
- Choose 'Keyboard Layout Handler Settings'
- Uncheck
Keep system layouts - Add the layouts you need and change the toggling keycombo to your liking
- Smile :-)
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try for Raspbian GNU/Linux 9.4 (stretch)
sudo nano /home/pi/.config/lxpanel/LXDE-pi/panels/panel
At the end of the file change to
Plugin {
type=xkb
Config {
Model=pc105
LayoutsList=us,ru
VariantsList=,
ToggleOpt=grp:alt_shift_toggle
KeepSysLayouts=0
DisplayType=0
}
}
Save and reboot system.
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Jan 2021 - the file at /home/pi/.config/... was missing, adding the plugin to a new file didn't work. I had to copy the file over from /etc/xdg/lxpanel/LXDE-pi/panels/panel and append the plugin to that.– glagoligJan 17, 2021 at 20:21
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I change this line
LayoutsList=us,irfor double keyboard layout Persian and English. Thanks!– user140301Oct 29, 2021 at 0:10
This Keyboard Layout Handler is broken since May 2015 and still doesn-t work even with the new Pixel interface. That's why I still use the old February 2015 version of Raspbian. I tested all the newer versions with many keyboards with no success. It seems it is a bug in the software. Whatever you do, the close button doesn-t work. You may try to manually edit "/home/pi/.config/lxpanel/LXDE-pi/panels/panel" and add the languages you prefer, but when you reboot you have to uncheck again "keep system layouts" from the Keyboard Layout Handler, which is somehow inconvenient.
Anyway, this is only a temporary solution. We hope they will fix the broken button once for all and make a functional system.
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1The close button doesn't work but the settings are saved if you close through the x button on the window. The reboot issue still exists though.– qwazixJan 29, 2017 at 20:48
change this file:
/etc/default/keyboard
for keyboard languages (for example):
XKBLAYOUT="us,ir"
XKBOPTIONS="grp:switch,grp:alt_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll"
It is true that after rebooting the settings aren't saved. Although, there is one way to fix it fast every time. You can create a bash executable that fixes it and run it at the start of raspberry pi.
Command Line: sudo nano language.sh
Now type the following:
#!/bin/bash
setxkbmap -option grp:switch,grp:alt_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll us,gr
echo "You can now use more than one languages!"
Exit nano with CTRL-X.
Command Line: sudo chmod +x hello-world.sh
When you start the raspi you just run on command line: ./language.sh
