Keyboard reset extension for Gnome

This version is for gnome shell versions 45+. For older shells, please see notice for legacy shells

Objective

When there is more than one keyboard layout registered in Gnome, the gnome-screensaver will use the last used keyboard layout. Screensaver activation usually means that user is away from keyboard, and it is unreasonable to assume that he will remember to switch back to default. This results in attempt to enter password incorrectly, due to non-default keyboard layout.

This extension will reset keyboard layout on screensaver activation to the first keyboard layout. Also, this extension allows resetting keyboard using command line.

Installation

Following command would install extension and activate it

git clone https://github.com/galets/gnome-keyboard-reset
cd gnome-keyboard-reset
make install

restart shell, then activate "Keyboard Reset" extension using extension manager or using following command line:

gnome-extensions enable keyboard-reset@galets
# this command must output "Enabled: Yes"
gnome-extensions info keyboard-reset@galets

Reset keyboard to default using command line

Commands such as setxkbmap will no longer work on Wayland. Also, latest versions of Gnome will no longer allow running random scripts via gdbus, only methods from registered extensions can be invoked.

This extension exposes method to set keyboard to default as such:

/usr/bin/gdbus call --session --dest org.gnome.Shell \
            --object-path /dev/galets/gkr \
            --method dev.galets.gkr.reset

Legacy Gnome Shell

For gnome shells version 41 to 44, please use legacy branch as such:

git clone https://github.com/galets/gnome-keyboard-reset
cd gnome-keyboard-reset
git checkout legacy
make install