Short-term fix for CapsLock remapping on chromebooks with external keyboard

chrome/browser/chromeos/preferences.cc

 // Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
 #include "chrome/browser/chromeos/preferences.h"
 
 #include "ash/magnifier/magnifier_constants.h"
 #include "base/chromeos/chromeos_version.h"
 #include "base/command_line.h"
 #include "base/i18n/time_formatting.h"
@@ skipping 241 matching lines @@
       input_method::kSearchKey,
       user_prefs::PrefRegistrySyncable::SYNCABLE_PREF);
   registry->RegisterIntegerPref(
       prefs::kLanguageRemapControlKeyTo,
       input_method::kControlKey,
       user_prefs::PrefRegistrySyncable::SYNCABLE_PREF);
   registry->RegisterIntegerPref(
       prefs::kLanguageRemapAltKeyTo,
       input_method::kAltKey,
       user_prefs::PrefRegistrySyncable::SYNCABLE_PREF);
+  // We don't sync the CapsLock remapping pref, since the UI hides this pref
+  // on certain devices, so syncing a non-default value to a device that
+  // doesn't allow changing the pref would be odd. http://crbug.com/167237
   registry->RegisterIntegerPref(
       prefs::kLanguageRemapCapsLockKeyTo,
       input_method::kCapsLockKey,
-      user_prefs::PrefRegistrySyncable::SYNCABLE_PREF);
+      user_prefs::PrefRegistrySyncable::UNSYNCABLE_PREF);
   registry->RegisterIntegerPref(
       prefs::kLanguageRemapDiamondKeyTo,
       input_method::kControlKey,
       user_prefs::PrefRegistrySyncable::SYNCABLE_PREF);
   // We don't sync the following keyboard prefs since they are not user-
   // configurable.
   registry->RegisterBooleanPref(
       prefs::kLanguageXkbAutoRepeatEnabled,
       true,
       user_prefs::PrefRegistrySyncable::UNSYNCABLE_PREF);
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   input_method::AutoRepeatRate rate;
   rate.initial_delay_in_ms = xkb_auto_repeat_delay_pref_.GetValue();
   rate.repeat_interval_in_ms = xkb_auto_repeat_interval_pref_.GetValue();
   DCHECK(rate.initial_delay_in_ms > 0);
   DCHECK(rate.repeat_interval_in_ms > 0);
   input_method::XKeyboard::SetAutoRepeatRate(rate);
 }
 
 }  // namespace chromeos