Hello everyone,
I wanted to bring up an issue I’ve encountered regarding IBus Preferences in Fedora desktop (Gnome Shell). Currently, the only way to access IBus Preferences is through the ibus-setup command or by using gsettings directly. There doesn’t seem to be a way to access it through the Settings GUI in Gnome Shell.
I have a couple of suggestions that might enhance user experience:
- Integration into Settings: It would be helpful to have a section under Settings → Keyboard that allows users to open IBus Preferences directly. I think other distributions provide similar functionality, and I believe this could make things more intuitive for Fedora users.
- Keyboard Shortcuts Management: IBus offers several configurable keyboard shortcuts for switching between input methods (Super+Space), accessing the emoji input (Super+. and Super+;), and entering Unicode characters by code point (Control+Shift+u). It would be great if these shortcuts could be integrated into the Settings → Keyboard → Keyboard Shortcuts → View and Customize Shortcuts UI. Currently, it can be confusing for users trying to customize their key bindings when some are not listed there. For example, users wanting to use a separate emoji input tool and bind it to Super+. (I know “Switch to next input source” is currently customizable in View and Customize Shortcuts under Typing, it would be helpful to add the others here too).
Its a minor issue but I think would add to the user experience and polish. I’m interested to know if this is something that should be brought up in another forum for consideration.