(this will be included with next Mabox release - Istredd)
gxkb is a tiny indicator applet which allows to quickly switch between different keyboard layouts in X. A flag corresponding to the country of the active layout is shown in the indicator area.
Github repo: GitHub - zen-tools/gxkb: X11 keyboard indicator and switcher
Installation
yay gxkb
Configuration
Example config file ~/.config/gxkb/gxkb.cfg
[xkb config]
group_policy=2
default_group=0
never_modify_config=false
model=pc105
layouts=pl,ua,lt,us
variants=,,
toggle_option=grp:alt_shift_toggle
compose_key_position=
Most interesting options:
layouts=pl,ua,lt,us
toggle_option=grp:alt_shift_toggle
Available layouts (in this example): Polish, Ukrainian, Latvian, English (USA)
Toggle between layouts: alt + shift
Mouse wheel above system tray indicator also works.
Instead of grp:alt_shift_toggle you can use whatever the following command gives you:
grep grp:.*toggle /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/base.lst
Configure those options to your needs.
You can use up to 4 layouts.
Autostart
Copy desktop file to needed location:
cp /usr/share/applications/gxkb.desktop ~/.config/autostart/
Now you can enable/disable autostarting from GUI.
Menu ā Mabox Config ā Autostart ā Choose apps/services (GUI)
Custom flags
By default many flags are missing, but you can put custom flags to ~/.local/share/gxkb/flags.
Good flags ā GitHub - gosquared/flags: GoSquared's flag icon set (MIT licensed)
24px flags-iso works well.
gxkb expects flags named with lowercase letters, like: pl.png, ua.png, lt.png.
If you use flags from above repo, go to directory and rename them:
cd ~/.local/share/gxkb/flags
for i in $( ls | grep [A-Z] ); do mv -i $i `echo $i | tr 'A-Z' 'a-z'`; done
Enjoy 