I3 adding keyboard layout

[wisdomlight]

First of all I am not sure if i am allowed to open a new thread on this issue so @BONK please merge it with my other thread if not appropriate.
question on keyboard
To add a keyboard layout - Hebrew - I added this to my config file
exec --no-startup-id setxkbmap -layout 'us,il' -variant altgr-intl,qwerty -option 'grp:alt_shift_toggle'
mod+R to refresh restart
But it does not work.
So

1. how do I add different keyboard layouts?
2. How do I change between them?
   Thank you

[joekamprad]

setxkbmap -layout 'us,il' -variant altgr-intl,qwerty -option 'grp:alt_shift_toggle'
from terminal gives any error?

[wisdomlight]

Hi @joekamprad Thanks for replying.

Here’s the output:

$ setxkbmap -layout 'us,il' -variant altgr-intl,qwerty -option 'grp:alt_shift_toggle' 

Error loading new keyboard description

[andrei-1101]

I have same problem, but for my native, Romanian Language…
Are you fixed this problem?

[joekamprad]

needs a working command that works manually from terminal to get working as part of the config to start on login… the other option is to set this systemwide:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Xorg/Keyboard_configuration

[lunainvictum]

@wisdomlight @andrei-1101

It seems to be a bug from i3wm:

Unable to permanently change X11 keyboard settings with localectl

Hi. I’m a new user of EndeavorOS with i3wm. My keyboard is currently set to a US layout but I also want an Icelandic layout. I first tested if I could change the layout for a particular session using the setxkbmap command: setxkbmap -layout "us,is" -option grp:alt_shift_toggle This works just fine. Next, I use the localectl command to change it permanently: localectl --no-convert set-x11-keymap us,is pc105 "" grp:alt_shift_toggle After running the command above, the output of localectl i…

[wisdomlight]

Thank you

[dulguuno]

I removed altgr-intl and it worked

exec --no-startup-id setxkbmap -layout 'us,mn' -variant qwerty -option 'grp:alt_shift_toggle'

[joekamprad]

welcome on the purple side