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Support search queries typed with incorrect keyboard layout #2258

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@FluorescentHallucinogen

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

When using Open-Shell Menu, the search does not work properly if the user types a query using the wrong keyboard layout (for example, typing Russian words while the layout is still set to English, or vice versa). As a result, the user gets no search results unless they manually switch to the correct layout and retype the query.

This is inconvenient, especially for bilingual users who frequently switch between languages. Many modern applications and launchers support keyboard layout correction to improve the user experience in such cases.

Describe the solution you'd like

Add support for search across multiple layouts. This would allow users to get relevant search results even if they forget to switch to the correct keyboard layout.

Example:

Intended search: Панель управления (Russian for Control Panel)

Actual input (typed in English layout): Gfytkm eghfdktybz

Expected behavior: Open-Shell Menu should still match and display "Control Panel" in the results.

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Start menu

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