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I've upgraded Ubuntu 16.04 with Gnome Flashback to 16.10 and then to 17.04.

After that, switching keyboard layout was set to Alt+Shift, but didn't work. What works is the default Super + Space.

When I want to change in the new UI for keyboard shortcuts, I can't - it doesn't register this shortcut. It seems the shortcuts need to contain some character.

I have tried this solution but it doesn't work either. As a stopgap I am using ['<Shift><Alt>X'].

PS: I wonder why do things that work need to be constantly changed. Does every new version need a new way of configuring the system? And why Alt+Shift, which worked on every system I have ever seen since Windows 3.11 in 90's, need to change now? ...

Sumeet Deshmukh
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  • Are you using 17.04 or 17.10? Is a bit confusing to me – Lucio May 07 '17 at 02:46
  • There was a discussion recently about + on GNOME Flashback. You may want to study the thread, e.g. [this message](https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-discuss/2017-May/017430.html) posted by a Flashback developer. – Gunnar Hjalmarsson May 07 '17 at 06:03
  • @GunnarHjalmarsson thanks, but it basically says it works, while it does not, as I wrote above. – Ondra Žižka May 15 '17 at 04:34
  • I have same problem, can't set Caps Lock as a switch combination – demon101 Jun 23 '17 at 13:38
  • If something does not work then please open/report bugs. – muktupavels Jun 24 '17 at 19:24
  • I put [some positive rant](https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-discuss/2017-May/017427.html) on developer list without any success. I can't set up as keyboard layout switcher in gnome-flashback session on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. I do not know how they did it. It may be related to well known old [bug 1218322](https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1218322) or new [bug 1687466](https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1687466). I need to do my work, so I switched to MATE Desktop Environment and it is great! – N0rbert Aug 09 '17 at 19:46

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Start Gnome Tweak tool

Typing -> Switching to another layout -> Alt+Shift (or CapsLock, ...)

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