GNOME KeyBoard Applet, shown with its default configuration in Figure 1, allows you to easily and quickly change the keyboard map to those used in various different countries. To add this applet to a Panel, right-click on the Panel and choose Panel->Add to panel->Applet->Utility->GKB International KeyBoard.
Once configured, the GNOME Keyboard applet allows you to switch the keyboard mapping between any two countries. Just left-click on the applet to switch the keyboard mapping.
Right-clicking on the applet brings up a menu containing the following items:
Properties… — opens the Properties dialog.
Help — displays this document.
About… — shows basic information about GNOME KeyBoard Applet, inluding the applet's version and the author's name.
You can customize GNOME KeyBoard applet by right-clicking on it and choosing Properties…. This will open the Properties dialog(shown in Figure 2), which allows you to change various settings.
The properties are:
Flag one — This is the icon which will be displayed when the keyboard mapping is set to country one. Click on this icon to select a different flag.
Country one — This is the keyboard mapping which will be used when Flag one is shown in the applet. Select the abreviation for the first country which you would like to use the keyboard mapping of.
Flag two — This is the icon which will be displayed when the keyboard mapping is set to country two. Click on this icon to select a different flag.
Country two — This is the keyboard mapping which will be used when Flag two is shown in the applet. Select the abreviation for the second country which you would like to use the keyboard mapping of.
Program — Select which program GNOME KeyBoard applet should use to set the keyboard mapping. Either one should work for most people. However, if one does not work, use the other.
After you have made all the changes you want, click on OK to apply the changes and close the Properties dialog. To cancel the changes and return to previous values, click the Cancel button.
This applet has no known bugs.
GNOME KeyBoard was written by Szabolcs Ban (<bansz@szif.hu>). Please send all comments, suggestions, and bug reports to the GNOME bug tracking database. (Instructions for submitting bug reports can be found on-line. If you are using GNOME 1.1 or later, you can also use Bug Report Tool (bug-buddy), available in the Utilities submenu of Main Menu, for submitting bug reports.
This manual was written by Dan Mueth (<d-mueth@uchicago.edu>). Please send all comments and suggestions regarding this manual to the GNOME Documentation Project by sending an email to <docs@gnome.org>. You can also submit comments online by using the GNOME Documentation Status Table.
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