Keyboard Shortcut to Change Keyboard Layout in AwesomeWM

This is basically as easy as it gets. I have documented setting one layout to one shortcut and the second layout to another shortcut. If you want a shortcut that will cycle through them, use something else.

In your awesomeWM config search for globalkeys = gears.table.join(

Then add a shortcut with your desired keys - I chose mod, shift and tab for the first one and the same set plus control for the second:

awful.key({modkey, "Shift" }, "Tab", function () awful.spawn("setxkbmap de") end),

awful.key({modkey, "Control", "Shift" }, "Tab", function () awful.spawn("setxkbmap pl") end)

Remember - the very last entry has to have no comma at the end.

Now simply reset your awesomeWM and use your keybinds.