Keyboard switches back to QWERTY

ingmar · 06-21-2014, 04:07 AM

When I have worked with Calibre for some time it often happens that I find my keyboard layout (language) suddenly switched to QWERTY (I normally use QERTZ). This only happens inside Calibre, so it's not system-wide. Is there a key combo I might have pressed inadvertently? How do I switch back? The only way for me to fix this right now is to restart Calibre, which, frankly, is a PITA.

marcsec · 06-21-2014, 06:35 AM

Sounds like a bug ... if you go to Preferences > Change Calibre behaviour and then click 'Keyboard' you can see / set all of the shortcuts. I couldn't find anything obvious in there, however. It might be worth resetting the prefs. Which OS are you using? And which version of Calibre?

kovidgoyal · 06-21-2014, 06:44 AM

calibre does not contain any code to manage keyboard layouts. This is likely an interaction between Qt and your desktop environment.

ingmar · 06-21-2014, 10:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by marcsec

... if you go to Preferences > Change Calibre behaviour and then click 'Keyboard' you can see / set all of the shortcuts. I couldn't find anything obvious in there, however. It might be worth resetting the prefs. Which OS are you using? And which version of Calibre?

Nothing in the prefs. It's Win 7, latest Calibre (1.41).

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

calibre does not contain any code to manage keyboard layouts. This is likely an interaction between Qt and your desktop environment.

Thanks, just wanting to make sure I'm not missing anything obvious. I'll investigate the Qt angle.

06-21-2014, 04:07 AM	#1
ingmar Connoisseur Posts: 70 Karma: 810808 Join Date: May 2014 Device: Tolino Vision 4 HD	Keyboard switches back to QWERTY When I have worked with Calibre for some time it often happens that I find my keyboard layout (language) suddenly switched to QWERTY (I normally use QERTZ). This only happens inside Calibre, so it's not system-wide. Is there a key combo I might have pressed inadvertently? How do I switch back? The only way for me to fix this right now is to restart Calibre, which, frankly, is a PITA.

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06-21-2014, 06:35 AM	#2
marcsec marcsec Posts: 18 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Device: Kindle	Sounds like a bug ... if you go to Preferences > Change Calibre behaviour and then click 'Keyboard' you can see / set all of the shortcuts. I couldn't find anything obvious in there, however. It might be worth resetting the prefs. Which OS are you using? And which version of Calibre?

06-21-2014, 06:44 AM	#3
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,276 Karma: 27111060 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	calibre does not contain any code to manage keyboard layouts. This is likely an interaction between Qt and your desktop environment.

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