Is it possible to change the displayed name of the keyboard layout?

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I would like to change the displayed name of the keyboard layout indicator — for example, right now mine reads en, ru or uk which does not look nice on the panel. Is it possible?

Can I edit some configuration file and make it read English, Russian or Ukrainian?

I have found this solution, but it have been four years, so from the fact that my xkb folder is empty I guess keyboard layout indicator display method have changed. — Somebody, Nov 01 '11 at 10:17
Does this answer your question? How to change the abbreviations of layouts shown in keyboard layout indicator of GNOME panel? — Kevin Bowen, May 04 '20 at 20:00

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 05 '12 at 12:46

I recommend you have a read through the Community Documentation for custom keyboard layout definitions.

The basic keyboard mapping package is XKB. In current Ubuntus, the default directory is not /etc/X11/xkb but rather /usr/share/X11/xkb. Layouts are kept in the symbols directory therein: they are generally named by a two letter country code associated with the language for which the layout is designed.

Is it possible to change the displayed name of the keyboard layout?

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