Added method get_active_group_index() to get the currently active group index

1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/pyxkb.c b/pyxkb.c
index 4bcf75b..51d54a0 100644
--- a/pyxkb.c
+++ b/pyxkb.c
@@ -222,6 +222,21 @@ pyxkbconfig_set_variants(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
 	return Py_BuildValue("b", ret_value);
 }
 
+static PyObject *
+pyxkbconfig_get_active_group_index(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
+{
+	gint group_index;
+	XklState *state;
+
+	/* I'm not sure why the following line is not working in initpyxkb() */
+	xkl_engine_start_listen(engine, XKLL_TRACK_KEYBOARD_STATE);
+	state = xkl_engine_get_current_state(engine);
+	group_index = state->group;
+	xkl_engine_stop_listen(engine);
+
+	return Py_BuildValue("i", group_index);
+}
+
 
 /* Method table */
 static PyMethodDef pyxkb_methods[] = {
@@ -245,6 +260,9 @@ static PyMethodDef pyxkb_methods[] = {
 	 "Sets layout"},
 	{"set_variants", pyxkbconfig_set_variants, METH_VARARGS,
 	 "Sets variants (must be valid for the active layout(s))"},
+	{"get_active_group_index", pyxkbconfig_get_active_group_index,
+	 METH_VARARGS,
+	 "Gets the index number of the currently active group"},
 	{NULL, NULL, 0, NULL}
 };