Need easy/obvious keyboard layout selection on login screen

I created an account on my laptop for my son, because he asked for one.[1] The problem is, I use the Dvorak keyboard layout, and he needs to hunt-and-peck, and the letters don’t match what he sees, so he can’t type his password.

How do I enable him to switch to QWERTY for his account after he selects his account at login, but before he logs in?


  1. Yay for Linux in grade school! ↩︎

So @glb was helpful from a previous thread but I really think there should be a graphical method for indicating keyboard layout and changing it, and if anyone has a way to enable such, I still hope for that answer.

It looks like the problem has been reported upstream.

#827 in particular looks like one to keep an eye on if you are interested in this feature.