Created attachment 705029 [details] screen shot I confirm this case with a fresh installed openSUSE Leap 42.2 with xface desktop. It works fine for me, see the attachment. as the FATE#319352(https://fate.suse.com/319352) indicated: It better to set user's $HOME/.i18n last line: "export INPUT_METHOD=ibus" and set /etc/sysconfig/language "INPUT_METHOD=ibus" This will help to switch the input method framework.