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I have the problem with Alt+Shift shortcut.
I cannot set up to change keyboard layouts.

I have seen How to reset Keyboard Shortcuts on Ubuntu 17.10 and Ubuntu 17.10 can't change the input switching shortcut to alt+shift.
I tried to fix the issue with Tweak tool. Anyway, it doesn't work and issue is still there.

I use Unity.

Is there another approach?

djm.im
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As I suggested in Ubuntu 17.10 can't change the input switching shortcut to alt+shift :

You can achieve this using gsettings (command-line configuration tool).

  1. Set forward switch to Shift+Alt(left)

    gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings switch-input-source "['<Shift>Alt_L']"

  2. Set backward switch to Alt+Shift(left)

    gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings switch-input-source-backward "['<Alt>Shift_L']"

To see the current setting value use get command:

    gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings switch-input-source
    gsettings get org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings switch-input-source-backward

Examples of other key bindings:

    <Primary>space, Alt_R, <Shift>Control_R, <Shift><Super>space

Changes will take effect immediately.

Evgeny Kharitonov
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I have been using the Menu key since October 2017. One has to set it in the Gnome tweaks:

the menu option to change layouts in the gnome tweaks

as well as in "panel -> text entry settings" in the upper right corner of the screen.

When I first found this question 6 months ago, I thought it was a bug and would be fixed later, so I didn't posted this "workaround". But now it looks like it can be appropriate to post an answer.

d.k
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Welcome to new modern GNOME.

This is known bug 1725706 - Unable to change window state with keyboard in gnome shell (such as Always on _Top - < Alt+Space+t >).
The best solution is to drop GNOME and switch to MATE DE (see this answer).

Also you can try to use GNOME FlashBack with Metacity (sudo apt-get install gnome-panel).

N0rbert
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I'v got the same problem and after some actions shortcut ALT + SHIFT is working.

Here is what I did:

  1. Unbind same combination in Gnome Tweaks.
  2. sudo apt purge unity && sudo apt autoremove.
  3. sudo apt install unity.

And everything is fine now. Hope that helps.

Pavel Muravyov
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