api to onboard

Asked by tom schuring

Is there an api to onboard to switch layouts dynamically ?

i would like to change the layout when the user clicks in a numeric entryfield (to a numberic keyboard) and back to alpha when it's a text entrybox.

or should i
   killall onboard
and
   onboard --layout="/usr/share/onboard/layouts/Numeric-Pad.onboard"

instead ? any suggestions welcome, because this solution seems a bit dirty to me.
thanks,
tom

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
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If you set a keyboard shortcut to switch layouts as if it were a real keyboard is it honoured?

If not then I suggest you write 2 scripts to switch between the configs so you can run those to switch using an icon (could even make a .desktop file in /usr/share/applications for both and it will appear in Dash (I assume you're usin Unity))

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