Command to select a specific keyboard layout?

[lolmaus]

 * Cinnamon version - 3.8.9
 * Distribution - Mint 19
 * 64 bit

Issue

Unable to select a specific keyboard layout with a terminal command.

Steps to reproduce

Tried these:

• gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.input-sources current 1
• gdbus call --session --dest org.gnome.Shell --object-path /org/gnome/Shell --method org.gnome.Shell.Eval "imports.ui.status.keyboard.getInputSourceManager().inputSources[1].activate()"
• setxkbmap works, but it crashes the Cinnamon keyboard layout manager: the tray icon disappears and it is no longer possible to switch via configured hotkey.

[lolmaus]

Please. 😭

[icarter09]

@lolmaus are you still experiencing this issue?

[lolmaus]

I've configured this with xkb-switch.

But I believe the OS should be capable of this natively.

[camypaj]

 * Cinnamon version - 3.8.9
 * Distribution - Mint 19
 * 64 bit

Issue

Unable to select a specific keyboard layout with a terminal command.

Steps to reproduce

Tried these:

* `gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.input-sources current 1`

* `gdbus call --session --dest org.gnome.Shell --object-path /org/gnome/Shell --method org.gnome.Shell.Eval "imports.ui.status.keyboard.getInputSourceManager().inputSources[1].activate()"`

* `setxkbmap` works, but it crashes the Cinnamon keyboard layout manager: the tray icon disappears and it is no longer possible to switch via configured hotkey.

Regarding the disappearing applet, I've had a similar experience, documented here:
#8257 (comment)

[icarter09]

Many thanks for submitting your feature request for Cinnamon. Your feature request has been documented and will be reviewed by the Linux Mint team.

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[eugrus]

Still not implemented?

There should be an equivalent to Gnome's
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.input-sources sources "[('xkb', 'us')]"

[madhead]

Hey, I am not familiar with Cinnamon, and I guess it's APIs are not the same as in GNOME, but may be my GNOME extension could be adopted somehow. The idea is to use the CJS APIs directly and expose a callable D-Bus interface…

[perdakovich]

gdbus call --session --dest org.Cinnamon --object-path /org/Cinnamon --method org.Cinnamon.Eval 'imports.ui.keyboardManager.getInputSourceManager()._modifiersSwitcher(false);'