Re: [orca-list] autodetection of keyboard layouts?

[chrys87 <chrys87 web de>]

Howdy,

> > Perhaps a better solution would be a key combination that can be used in
> > either desktop or laptop mode to switch the layout setting in Orca.

I could provide such a functionality via a plugin. So you could switch 
the keyboard with an shortcut on the fly.
On a PC i think this would make no sense because not many people have 
more than one keyboard at the same time.

cheers chrys
Am 06.03.2016 um 13:39 schrieb Jason White:
> kendell clark <coffeekingms gmail com> wrote:
> > This is a feature I've been pondering over for a while. Would it be
> > possible to add code to orca which would autodetect the type of computer
> > you're running on, desktop or laptop, and automatically activate that
> > keyboard layout?
>
> You can use an external keyboard on a laptop, so even if it's possible to
> detect whether a laptop is being used, it's hard to know what kind of keyboard
> layout is in operation.
>
> Perhaps a better solution would be a key combination that can be used in
> either desktop or laptop mode to switch the layout setting in Orca. You could
> then switch to laptop layout without having to use the Orca configuration
> dialogue.
>
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