Questions tagged [input-languages]
Questions concerning the input language, a setting in an operation system or an individual program that controls the language used to type information via the keyboard.
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Disable a keyboard input language temporarily
I have installed a few different languages on my system but I usually use one of them and English, I want to temporarily disable all the other ones so that I can switch between that language and ...
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Why the first keystroke `win + space` for language input method switch is not switching in win10?
Situation
I have 2 language input methods,
one is the normal built-in US keyboard, for language English
one is an 3rd party software input method, for language LANG_A
I allow "Let me use a ...
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How to know which input method I am using on NixOS?
I am using NixOS. This is my config file. As you see, I am using GNOME as the Desktop Environment.
I would like to find out which input method I am using. I can't find it.
In Ubuntu, people can find ...
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Delete a keyboard layout in Windows 11
For some reason, I have an Icelandic keyboard installed (probably due to a misclick in Windows setup):
However, Icelandic is not in the list of my languages:
Why the disparity, and more importantly, ...
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How to install simplified Chinese IME basic input features offline on Windows 11?
I want to add Chinese Pinyin IME on my Windows 11 PC, which requires addition package "Basic Input" to be installed.
However my computer cannot install optional feature, language pack, ...
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How to prevent MS Word from setting language based on System language and applying direct formatting?
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I've tried to find an answer, but I only find unsatisfying results - none of which explicitly solves my Problem, only workarounds.
For a different wording of my question, please scroll to the ...
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Hashtag key not working
On my keyboard, I am not able to type the #, which is typed using shift+3.( I had to copy-paste this one from google)
I don't know what happened, but it stopped working. I think it used to work ...
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Unable to change shortcut for switching input languages
Whilst upgrading a lot of packages at once and being asked for a bunch of config options, I mistakenly set the shortcut for switching input languages to the shift key. Obviously this was a terrible ...
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Install Windows 10 language pack check box not available on a domain laptop
Windows 10 add language pack dialog should look like this:
But for me it looks like this:
https://www.windowscentral.com/how-properly-change-system-default-language-windows-10
I want to set the ...
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Windows 11 Switch language shortcut works only after 2 presses
Since windows 11 a weird bug seems to occur, and it only occurs after some time.
So I have 2 languages - EN and HE.
I'm using Alt+Shift and everything works well - it switches between the 2 languages, ...
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disable or move keyboard-switching dialog while leaving functionality intact
I have several keyboard/language layouts on my Windows 10 machine, and I frequently switch between them using Windows key + Shift. My issue is that when I'm sharing my screen in a meeting, every time ...
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Change input language task bar button lost on Windows 10
I was trying to create a script to switch between input languages using the command Set-WinUserLanguageList, as explained here.
That command worked for chaning the input, but know the switch input ...
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How to type the @ sign in a web browser from a Spanish keyboard
I'm trying to setup a new Dell PC for use with Spanish keyboard settings. The ESP keyboard layout doesn't have an @ sign on it, but websites like Outlook.com require me to type that character as part ...
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How to set Win10 Guest account to a default input method?
I have my Guest account enabled on Windows 10 (English version).
I type Chinese using a specific Chinese input lanuage method,
I stalled it and have also set it as the ONLY input method.
But the Guest ...
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Can't remove Windows 10 Keyboard Language [duplicate]
I can't remove a keyboard language and sometimes it changes with no reason, but I can't find any place where it's shown to be removed.
