A quick fix for Issue 13711 (the second part)...

chrome/browser/tab_contents/tab_contents_view_gtk.cc

Index: chrome/browser/tab_contents/tab_contents_view_gtk.cc
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--- chrome/browser/tab_contents/tab_contents_view_gtk.cc	(revision 20698)
+++ chrome/browser/tab_contents/tab_contents_view_gtk.cc	(working copy)
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include "chrome/browser/tab_contents/tab_contents_view_gtk.h"
 
 #include <gdk/gdk.h>
+#include <gdk/gdkkeysyms.h>
 #include <gtk/gtk.h>
 
 #include "base/mime_util.h"
@@ -102,6 +103,91 @@
   }
 }
 
+int GdkEventKeyToLayoutIndependentKeyval(const GdkEventKey* event) {
+  // This function is a copy of WebKit::gdkEventToWindowsKeyCode() but returns
+  // a GDK key value instead of a Windows virtual key code.
+  static const int kHardwareCodeToGdkKeyval[] = {
+    0,                 // 0x00:
+    0,                 // 0x01:
+    0,                 // 0x02:
+    0,                 // 0x03:
+    0,                 // 0x04:
+    0,                 // 0x05:
+    0,                 // 0x06:
+    0,                 // 0x07:
+    0,                 // 0x08:
+    0,                 // 0x09: GDK_Escape
+    GDK_1,             // 0x0A: GDK_1
+    GDK_2,             // 0x0B: GDK_2
+    GDK_3,             // 0x0C: GDK_3
+    GDK_4,             // 0x0D: GDK_4
+    GDK_5,             // 0x0E: GDK_5
+    GDK_6,             // 0x0F: GDK_6
+    GDK_7,             // 0x10: GDK_7
+    GDK_8,             // 0x11: GDK_8
+    GDK_9,             // 0x12: GDK_9
+    GDK_0,             // 0x13: GDK_0
+    GDK_minus,         // 0x14: GDK_minus
+    GDK_equal,         // 0x15: GDK_equal
+    0,                 // 0x16: GDK_BackSpace
+    0,                 // 0x17: GDK_Tab
+    GDK_q,             // 0x18: GDK_q
+    GDK_w,             // 0x19: GDK_w
+    GDK_e,             // 0x1A: GDK_e
+    GDK_r,             // 0x1B: GDK_r
+    GDK_t,             // 0x1C: GDK_t
+    GDK_y,             // 0x1D: GDK_y
+    GDK_u,             // 0x1E: GDK_u
+    GDK_i,             // 0x1F: GDK_i
+    GDK_o,             // 0x20: GDK_o
+    GDK_p,             // 0x21: GDK_p
+    GDK_bracketleft,   // 0x22: GDK_bracketleft
+    GDK_bracketright,  // 0x23: GDK_bracketright
+    0,                 // 0x24: GDK_Return
+    0,                 // 0x25: GDK_Control_L
+    GDK_a,             // 0x26: GDK_a
+    GDK_s,             // 0x27: GDK_s
+    GDK_d,             // 0x28: GDK_d
+    GDK_f,             // 0x29: GDK_f
+    GDK_g,             // 0x2A: GDK_g
+    GDK_h,             // 0x2B: GDK_h
+    GDK_j,             // 0x2C: GDK_j
+    GDK_k,             // 0x2D: GDK_k
+    GDK_l,             // 0x2E: GDK_l
+    GDK_semicolon,     // 0x2F: GDK_semicolon
+    GDK_apostrophe,    // 0x30: GDK_apostrophe
+    GDK_grave,         // 0x31: GDK_grave
+    0,                 // 0x32: GDK_Shift_L
+    GDK_backslash,     // 0x33: GDK_backslash
+    GDK_z,             // 0x34: GDK_z
+    GDK_x,             // 0x35: GDK_x
+    GDK_c,             // 0x36: GDK_c
+    GDK_v,             // 0x37: GDK_v
+    GDK_b,             // 0x38: GDK_b
+    GDK_n,             // 0x39: GDK_n
+    GDK_m,             // 0x3A: GDK_m
+    GDK_comma,         // 0x3B: GDK_comma
+    GDK_period,        // 0x3C: GDK_period
+    GDK_slash,         // 0x3D: GDK_slash
+    0,                 // 0x3E: GDK_Shift_R
+  };
+
+  // If this |event->keyval| represents an ASCII character, we use it for
+  // accelerators. Otherwise, we look up a table from a hardware keycode to
+  // keyval and use its result.
+  wchar_t c = gdk_keyval_to_unicode(event->keyval);
+  if (c <= 0x7F)
+    return event->keyval;
+
+  if (event->hardware_keycode < arraysize(kHardwareCodeToGdkKeyval)) {
+    int keyval = kHardwareCodeToGdkKeyval[event->hardware_keycode];
+    if (keyval)
+      return keyval;
+  }
+
+  return event->keyval;
+}
+
 }  // namespace
 
 // A helper class that handles DnD for drops in the renderer. In GTK parlance,
@@ -562,7 +648,8 @@
   BrowserWindowGtk* browser_window =
       BrowserWindowGtk::GetBrowserWindowForNativeWindow(window);
   DCHECK(browser_window);
-  browser_window->HandleAccelerator(event.os_event->keyval,
+  browser_window->HandleAccelerator(
+      GdkEventKeyToLayoutIndependentKeyval(event.os_event),
       static_cast<GdkModifierType>(event.os_event->state));
 }