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    Unable to use Colemak keyboard layout

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        exioss
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        I recently installed Ubuntu Touch 16.04 (OTA-23) on an LG Nexus 5.

        In system settings / Language & Text / Keyboard Layouts: I am not able to find an option to activate the Colemak keyboard layout.

        However, in the top pull-down menu, I find an option to access keyboard and layout settings:

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        which takes me to this screen, which seems to show all of the available layouts, including Colemak, which I selected:

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        ...but here, even with Colemak selected and showing as the "current layout", it does not change my virtual keyboard layout to Colemak, it stays qwerty. And when I return to system settings / Language & Text / Keyboard Layouts, the Colemak that I selected from the pull down menu does not show up as an option.

        I also tried several methods standard to desktop linux machines of changing the keymap from the command line in the provided terminal app, but to no avail.

        Does anyone know how to successfully change the keyboard layout to Colemak, even if that means editing the key mappings for some other available layout?

        I am very impressed so far with how well this OS runs on this 9 year old phone, but if I can't load the keyboard layout that I have exclusively used for the last 10 years, then I won't find much use for this until I can solve this initial problem, thank you for your help.

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          kugiigi
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          The one in the indicator is indeed confusing but that's actually for physical keyboards. You can check the available languages/layouts for the OSK from the settings apps but sadly I don't think the one you're looking for is available.

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            Keneda @exioss
            last edited by Keneda

            @exioss
            As @kugiigi said, for virtual keyboard there is not yours.
            Check here if there is an issue for implementing colemak, and if not, open one for asking to implement it : https://gitlab.com/ubports/development/core/lomiri-keyboard/-/issues

            Or, if you have the skill for this, step up with a merge request for implementing one that you could do yourself (check there for all virtual KB for examples).

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              exioss @Keneda
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              @keneda
              @kugiigi

              Thank you both for your answers, both were helpful. I will look into making an official request or implementing the layout myself. I don't have the skill to write a config file from scratch, but I might be able to put one together using an example.

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