How to add layouts to keyboard preferences in LXDE?

[Ex_Soft]

FC11. How to add layouts to keyboard preferences in LXDE similar as Gnome System->Preferences->Keyboard->Layout?
There isn't any applet such as Gnome's Keyboard Indicator in LXDE, is there?

[archiebald]

As far as I know, there is no such utility currently available, you need to manually edit your keyboard layout. But there is keyboard indicator for LXPanel. Right click on LXPanel->Add/Remove Panel Items->Panel Applets->Add->Keyboard Layout Switcher. It is somewhat similar to Xfce's panel indicator and little to KDE's kicker, but it's not SVG format icon.

[Ex_Soft]

you need to manually edit your keyboard layout

How may I do this?

LXPanel->Add/Remove Panel Items->Panel Applets->Add->Keyboard Layout Switcher

There is no Keyboard Layout Switcher there. I found Keyboard Led in available plugins only.

[archiebald]

Try this, but it's only temporary, until next reboot:

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setxkbmap -option grp:switch,grp:alt_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll us,ar

This is from ArchWiki, about Xorg input hotplugging and it's permanent solution, if you boot your desktop from login managers:

Copy the file (10-keymap.fdi):

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/usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/10-keymap.fdi

to

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/etc/hal/fdi/policy/10-keymap.fdi

and edit this copy there as follows (substitute NEW_LAYOUT with your layout, for instance fr):

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<merge key="input.xkb.layout" type="string">NEW_LAYOUT</merge>

[mamphp]

itry this ways doesn't work under Debian testing and Sidux!

[bearny]

The way with 10-keymap.fdi not working on Fedora12 LXDE distribution.
I've found 3 ways for this distribution:

1)include this line

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setxkbmap -option grp:ctrl_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll us,ru

into /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc script. (not recommended)

2)create for user, which need keyboard layouts switching, file ~/.Xkbmap with line

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-option grp:ctrl_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll us,ru

3)create for all users file /etc/X11/Xkbmap with line from way 2):

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-option grp:ctrl_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll us,ru

PS. In ways 2) and 3) /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc-common script uses settings from ~/.Xkbmap or /etc/X11/Xkbmap and inserts lines from those files into script's body and runs command setxkbmap
PS.PS. sorry for my english