<html><head><style type="text/css"></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><DIV>I'm using fedora 7, 64-bit edition with KDE 3.5.7. I'm using two layouts for the keyboard, us(English) and ara(Arabic). I was trying to configure a global shortcut for switching between the two layouts.</DIV> <DIV>Unfortunately, the global shortcuts in KDE doesn't support using alt-shift or ctrl-shift to switch between different layouts. KDE by default has the combination alt-ctrl-k for switching, so this method isn't convenient.</DIV> <DIV>The second alternative was to use kxkb, a KDE front end to xkb, to enable switching between different groups using, the alt-shift for the group shift/lock option, but it doesn't seem to have any effect.</DIV> <DIV>The third alternative was to edit xorg.conf, especially the InputDevice section related to the keyboard. I altered two lines in this section as follows:</DIV> <DIV>Option "XkbLayout" "us,ara"<BR>Option "XKbOptions" "grp:alt_shift_toggle"</DIV> <DIV>I then restarted the x server, but nothing ever changed. Still pressing alt-shift doesn't switch between layouts.</DIV> <DIV>Is there a certain method to enable switching with the key combination alt-shift, or am I missing something in any of the previous methods?</DIV> <DIV>Appreciating your feedback. Thanks for your support.<BR></DIV></div><br> <hr size=1>Fussy? Opinionated? Impossible to please? Perfect. <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=48516/*http://surveylink.yahoo.com/gmrs/yahoo_panel_invite.asp?a=7 ">Join Yahoo!'s user panel</a> and lay it on us. </body></html>