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I want to switch layouts with Print Screen, which conveniently sits under the right thumb on my ThinkPad keyboard. I configure it so in the Keyboard settings and it works! HOWEVER every time I press Print Screen, a giant layout indicator appears in the center of the screen and stays there for a couple of seconds. If the layouts are switched with Shift+PrtSc, then the indicator disappears quickly.

Is there any way to switch layouts without making the indicator appear at all? I'm asking because it used to work well on 15.10.

EDIT: Works, posted an answer to this question.

Dmitry Zotikov
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As possible duplicate answers state - this is almost impossible in the GNOME Shell.

But it is possible in Unity. It is still available for 18.04 LTS.

You can install it with sudo apt-get install ubuntu-unity-desktop.

Then setup your keyboard layout keys:

  • Switch to next source using Print
  • Switch to previous source using Shift+Print

PrintScreen and Shift+PrintScreen on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS with Unity

It works as expected:

Screencast with PrintScreen as layout switcher

N0rbert
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