Bug 804773

Dear Edwin,

Thank you for your report.
You hit a known regression in GNOME 3.6 (due to some underlying technical changes, not that interesting).

There is currently only a workaround, until GNOME 3.8 will be shipped.

Install gnome-tweak-tools, then in the 'Typing' section, at the very bottom, you have a 'Modifiers-only input source switch', wher eyou can set Ctrl Shift L for example (meaning, Ctrl key and left shift) or Shift L Shift R (meaning both Shift Keys).

This is also being tracked in the upstream bug report
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=689839

*** Moving to RELEASE NOTES ***
I think this would be a great addition to be mentioned for the release notes for 12.3 / it is not 'just discoverable'

doh! not close yet, until we add the release notes.

Here is my proposal (I add underscores for readability in Shift_L, etc.--I hope that's ok):

  <sect2>
   <!-- bnc#804773 -->
   <title>Gnome: Workaround to Set Shift or Ctrl+Shift as a
   Shortcut</title>
   <para>
    In Gnome 3.6 use the following workaround to set Shift or Ctrl+Shift
    as a shortcut:
   </para>
   <orderedlist>
    <listitem>
     <para>
      Install gnome-tweak-tools.
     </para>
    </listitem>
    <listitem>
     <para>
      Then in the 'Typing' section, at the very bottom, find the
      'Modifiers-only input source switch' option, where you can set
      Ctrl Shift_L, for example (meaning, Ctrl key and left shift) or
      Shift_L Shift_R (meaning both Shift Keys).
     </para>
    </listitem>
   </orderedlist>

   <para>
    This is also being tracked in the upstream bug report
    <ulink url="https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=689839"/>.
   </para>
  </sect2>

Fixed in SVN.

(In reply to comment #3)
> Here is my proposal (I add underscores for readability in Shift_L, etc.--I hope
> that's ok):

Karl, Thank you very much!

 
>   <sect2>
>    <!-- bnc#804773 -->
>    <title>Gnome: Workaround to Set Shift or Ctrl+Shift as a
>    Shortcut</title>

GNOME: Workaround to set Shift or Ctrl+Shift as shortcut for input source selection

? Mainly, the above text could be interpreted otherwise that you could set it as a shortcut for any action (like starting applications or the like), which is not the case... just wondering, if it'd be needed to specify.

>    <para>
>     In Gnome 3.6 use the following workaround to set Shift or Ctrl+Shift
>     as a shortcut:
>    </para>
>    <orderedlist>
>     <listitem>
>      <para>
>       Install gnome-tweak-tools.
>      </para>
>     </listitem>
>     <listitem>
>      <para>
>       Then in the 'Typing' section, at the very bottom, find the
>       'Modifiers-only input source switch' option, where you can set
>       Ctrl Shift_L, for example (meaning, Ctrl key and left shift) or
>       Shift_L Shift_R (meaning both Shift Keys).
>      </para>
>     </listitem>
>    </orderedlist>
> 
>    <para>
>     This is also being tracked in the upstream bug report
>     <ulink url="https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=689839"/>.
>    </para>
>   </sect2>
> 
> Fixed in SVN.

Otherwise that all sounds fine to me...

Ok, I changed the text accordingly (in SVN).

osc sr -m'update; for 12.3.  In case it is too late, I will prep an online update.'
created request id 156704

I suppose you are talking about gnome-tweak-tool (without the tailing 's'). I have it installed:

~> rpm -qi gnome-tweak-tool
Name        : gnome-tweak-tool
Version     : 3.6.1
Release     : 2.1.2
Architecture: noarch
Install Date: Wed 06 Feb 2013 04:15:13 AM COT
Group       : System/GUI/GNOME
Size        : 311392
License     : GPL-3.0+
Signature   : RSA/SHA256, Fri 01 Feb 2013 11:04:39 AM COT, Key ID b88b2fd43dbdc284
Source RPM  : gnome-tweak-tool-3.6.1-2.1.2.src.rpm
Build Date  : Fri 01 Feb 2013 11:04:22 AM COT
Build Host  : build14
Relocations : (not relocatable)
Packager    : http://bugs.opensuse.org
Vendor      : openSUSE
URL         : http://live.gnome.org/GnomeTweakTool
Summary     : A tool to customize advanced GNOME 3 options
Description :
GNOME Tweak Tool is an application for changing the advanced settings
of GNOME 3.
Distribution: openSUSE 12.3

Even though I have it installed I can't find the 'Modifiers-only input source switch' in the 'Typing' section (see attached screenshot).

Created attachment 527485 [details]
Screenshot of Typing section of Shortcuts settings

Just reopening this bug because of the last comment.

Ok.. so the description was not clear enough... 

- Install gnome-tweak-tool
(correct: without 's')
- Start gnome-tweak-tool (Activities / find 'advanced settings')
- Left menu, select 'Typing', in the right window, change the settings.

How can we phrase that so it becomes clear for the release notes?

Ok, It worked. Thanks.

BTW, the release notes are prepared in a public SVN:

https://svn.opensuse.org/svn/opensuse-doc/trunk/release-notes/opensuse

It would be great if someone would join as an editor.

I took it basically literal:

5.4. GNOME: Workaround to Set Shift or Ctrl+Shift as Shortcut Keys for Input
Source Selection

In Gnome 3.6 use the following workaround to set Shift or Ctrl+Shift as
shortcut keys for input source selection:

 1. Install gnome-tweak-tool.
 
 2. Start gnome-tweak-tool ('Activities'>'advanced settings').
 
 3. Via the left menu, select 'Typing', in the right window, change the
    settings.

This is also being tracked in the upstream bug report https://
bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=689839.

openSUSE-RU-2013:0449-1: An update that has 7 recommended fixes can now be installed.

Category: recommended (important)
Bug References: 804773,808104,808108,808111,808116,808595,808614
CVE References: 
Sources used:
openSUSE 12.3 (src):    release-notes-openSUSE-12.3.6-1.6.1