Firefox uses a different keyboard layout on Ubuntu 19.04

Question

Using Mozilla Firefox 68.0.1 on Ubuntu 19.04 x86_64 on a Dell G3 3579.

Using keyboard layout International (AltGr dead keys). The keyboard works as expected in the terminal or gedit, but for some reason, on Firefox, it doesn't. Pressing AltGr + ' doesn't create a dead key but just produces a '.

Answer 1

Terminal and Gedit are Gnome products but FireFox is not. You could try the Unity Desktop:

• How to Switch from GNOME to Unity in Ubuntu 18.04 and 17.10

Although written for 17.10 and 18.04 the same installation techniques apply with 19.04.

For a different set of screenshots with Ubuntu 19.04 installation of Unity see:

• Unity Desktop on Ubuntu 19.04

The only other thing I can think of trying is a different version of Firefox but I'm not sure how successful this would be:

• How to install previous Firefox version?

Answer 2

The simplest way seams to put the call setxkbmap [lang], where lang = de, en etc. to /etc/profile or any other configuration file, read for all users.