Keyboard layout changes are not detected on Linux

[chrmarti]

• VSCode Version: Code - Insiders 1.11.0-insider (6b95480, 2017-03-30T06:18:34.366Z)
• OS Version: Linux x64 3.13.0-108-generic
• Extensions: none

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Found verifying #1549

Steps to Reproduce on Linux under Parallels with a US keyboard (did not reproduce on Mac):

1. Start with US layout
2. Navigate in code to populate navigation history
3. Navigate back / forward with keyboard shortcut (Ctrl + Alt + Minus, Ctrl + Shift + Minus)
4. Switch to German layout
5. Navigate back / forward now works with both the German location of Minus (expected) and the US location of Minus (unexpected)
6. Reload window
7. Now navigation only works with the German location of Minus (expected)

It seems like the layout switch doesn't clear out the old binding.

[alexdima]

Yes, keyboard layout changes are not detected on Linux. The workaround is to restart vscode. This method needs to be implemented: https://github.com/Microsoft/node-native-keymap/blob/master/src/keyboard_x.cc#L235