Sway: Keyboard Layout Handling differs to I3 For Shortcut Help

[aykborstelmann]

• [x] I've run a search on the existing bug reports to make sure I'm not filing a duplicate (you can use the search box at the top left corner)
• [x] I've read the Regolith documentation and didn't find any relevant topic
• [ ] I tried asking on Slack (especially for configuration related issues)

Describe the bug On the German keyboard layout the questionmark is on the US underscore keybinding. Since in the sway/config.d/20_ilia bindsym --to-code is used for the help keyboard shortcut, this shortcut would need to be executed via Super+Shift+minus (from German perspective). Strangly pressing the original US shortcut (Super+Shift+minus from German perspective) does nothing at all. In turn the decrease gaps shortcut lies on the German Super+? which is quite confusing. When using regolith with i3 this is not the case. bindsym --to-code are also not in place in the corresponding i3/config.d folder.

To Reproduce Select German keyboard layout and try to invoke the help.

Expected behavior The help window opens, which it does not.

Installation Details

• Regolith Install Type: [ISO/PPA]
• Regolith Version:3.1
• PPA url: ppa:regolith-linux/release
• Host OS (for PPA): Ubuntu 23.10

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[SoumyaRanjanPatnaik]

Try setting XKB_DEFAULT_LAYOUT=de in .config/environment.d/kb_layout.conf where de is the layout code for your keyboard.

[aykborstelmann]

Ah, thank you ! That's what indeed solves the problem. I had already rewritten the config files myself.

But why does this not occur on I3 ? And did I overlooked something in the regolith documentation ?