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Switching keyboard layout intercepts window focus & collapses fullscreen windows in Ubuntu 22.04

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Hitting Super+Space to switch keyboard layout seriously disrupts my workflow. Every time I switch the layout, text fields get unfocused and I have to select the field again to start typing. And it's just unusable in fullscreen mode, because the fullscreen window gets collapsed.

I suppose, it's some kind of bug, related to the keyboard layout-switching overlay (normally it appears after you hold Super+Space for a second). It seems like it appears event if I press Super+Space very briefly and throws focus off the active windows.

What can I do about this? Isthere some config to disable this overlay altogether?

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answered 3 Years ago etzelmortg · Accepted Answer

I use GNOME Tweak Tool (GNOME Tweaks in the Ubuntu Software now) as a workaround:

Keyboard & Mouse in the left menu.

Additional Layout Options button in the right part of the window.

Switching to another layout.

Select the combination you want. It will not show the overlay.

And in general I'm waiting for a solution too. It's very annoying and completely unusable with individual input source for each window. In this case language is switched only for the language switch overlay.