Chrome ignores XKB keymaps

[justbrowsing]

Recently, there is regression in Google Chrome, in which the browser ignores some XKB keymap layouts.

• Upstream bug: https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=377298

This was caused by upstream implementing input methods directly into Chromium/Chrome for the purposes of ChromeOS, circumventing the X11 xkb extensions. Specifically the use of keymap whitelist which ignores any layouts not listed.

• XKB Whitelist: http://src.chromium.org/svn/trunk/src/chromeos/ime/input_methods.txt

Revelant chromium issues/tasks:

• https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=209073
• https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=340961
• https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=372308

Unfortunately, there is nothing I can do about it.

In the meantime, layouts will be migrated to ibus where possible. This involves activating them in ibus and adding a rule in jbxkb.