From 928b272628b48abfdeb572ed2cde25d9dcc307f6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bbedward <bbedward@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2026 17:43:09 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] config/hyprland: set empty kb layout string by default fixes
 #2851 port 1.5

(cherry picked from commit 25847c3f03d7af0e4665884ac87d7c9c83fdcd63)
---
 core/internal/config/embedded/hyprland.lua | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/core/internal/config/embedded/hyprland.lua b/core/internal/config/embedded/hyprland.lua
index ea6cc058e..2881ed3a9 100644
--- a/core/internal/config/embedded/hyprland.lua
+++ b/core/internal/config/embedded/hyprland.lua
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ end)
 
 hl.config({
 	input = {
-		kb_layout = "us",
+		-- empty inherits XKB_DEFAULT_LAYOUT (libxkbcommon), falls back to "us"
+		kb_layout = "",
 		numlock_by_default = true,
 		follow_mouse = 0,
 		touchpad = {