HOWTO: Enable Alt Shift switch Input language

This applies to any distribution using Gnome 3.

 

Type the following command and follow steps bellow

# setxkbmap -option grp:alt_shift_toggle "us,ar"

And that conflicts with the gnome moving window between workspace shortcut

There are two ways to do that

In both ways, you need to open gnome-tweak-tool and disable "Modifiers-only switch input source" then

First way using gsetting

Just run the following command

# gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings switch-input-source "['<Alt>Shift_L', '<Alt>Shift_R']" 

Second way using dconf-editor

1. Install and open dconf-editor.
2. Press Ctrl+F and write "switch-input-source" or navigate to org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings and look for the same key.
3. Double click on the key and change it to:
   
   ['<alt>Shift_L', '<alt>Shift_R']</alt></alt>

This means I will use the Alt+Left Shift and Alt+Right Shift to switch the language, this way, it will work nicely with the Alt+Ctrl+Shift+[Arrow] shortcut

That's it

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