Switch keyboard layouts with a launcher like Synapse There are some light desktops like Openbox and Fluxbox that may not have a panel applet/switcher for keyboard layouts. I fact even those that work, had some problems. In such a case switching keyboard layouts through a program launcher like Synapse would be a good solution. Is it possible?

That can be done by adding the specific keyboard layout command into a `.desktop` file saved in `~/.local/share/applications` along the other desktop files that launchers like Synapse can therefore access.

The keyboard layout command to select a certain layout is like:


setxkbmap us intl


Change `us` with the desired language and `intl` with variant if necessary.

For French it should be `setxkbmap fr`. Etc. A list of all possible keyboard layouts and other parameters can be found in: `/usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/xorg.lst`.

The desktop file should have a form similar to


[Desktop Entry]
Name=US - Keyboard US International dead Keys
Exec=setxkbmap us intl
Icon=path/to/some/icon/file
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Application;Utility;


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