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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How to prevent Windows 10 from automatically adding keyboard layouts (i.e. US keyboard)
Update: this is a lengthy post, you can jump straight to the answer below
Note: The quick language list refers to the list in the screenshot below, accessible throught the shortcut Win + Space bar
I ...
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Windows 10 April 2018 Update added an extra Language and I cannot remove it
I have just updated to Windows 10 April 2018 Update (1803 / 17134.1)
I had my laptop configured completely as UK with only a UK keyboard layout
Since the update, a US keyboard has been added so I ...
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Set shortcuts to change keyboard layout in Windows 10?
Is there any way to set keyboard shortcuts to quickly change to a different language/keyboard layout? The old shortcuts still seem to work (when set back in Windows 7), but I can't seem to find ...
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CTRL-Space always toggles Chinese IME (Windows 7)
I am running Windows 7 Ultimate (w/ SP1), and have multiple UI languages installed - mainly for screenshots etc. Among them are Chinese (traditional) and Chinese (Simplified), which insist on hooking ...
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How do I remove English (US) from Windows 8.1? [duplicate]
I've got a slightly annoying problem. My locale is English (UK), but occasionally my keyboard randomly switches to English (US) on Windows 8.1. I see that the task bar has a language selector, which ...
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Two keyboards on one computer. When I write with A I want a US keyboard layout, when I use B I want Swedish. Possible?
I have a laptop which I use an external keyboard with. When I type using the external keyboard I want to use a US keyboard layout, since that's the type of external keyboard I have. On the other hand, ...
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Set Windows 8 to per-application input language mode
In Windows XP, Vista, 7 whenever one was using sevaral input languages, switching between applications would default input language for an application to defalut language.
For example when I have ...
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Using CapsLock to switch the keyboard language layout on Windows-7 [closed]
Currently I am using Recaps for switching between keyboard layouts. But I am looking for a replacement, because it is a little buggy and not updated for years. Do you know any replacement?
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How to set a different input method for each app window
How can I have a different input method for each app window on windows 8. When I change input language to ENG all app window also uses this method and I don't want that. Like windows 7 that has a ...
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My windows keyboard is being "clever" with the quote keys - how can I stop it?
I'm using windows 7 on a laptop. On the laptop keyboard, for some reason, the quote key (which has both double and single quote on it) is doing some "clever" annoying things:
When I press single-...
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Can I disable the "Alt+Shift" shortcut to change language in windows 8.1 (or Windows 10)?
I'm using windows 8.1 with multiple languages. The new pretty shortcut windows+spacebar will pop up a pretty looking selection on the right.
Now, hitting Alt+Shift (left ones) will also change the ...
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Self installing East Asian language set. How to remove Asian languages from a language bar? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Different available keyboard layouts in language bar and Text Services and Input Languages
I have the following problem on a Windows 7 machine: a set of languages is ...
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How to convert Japanese characters into roman characters when you accidentally type an English word with Japanese input turned on (on Windows)
In Windows I often find myself trying to write an English word, but with the Japanese Input method selected (unintentionally). So what I get is something like this えぁmpれ. At the moment, I just press ...
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Setting the default input method for the Windows 10 login screen
I use an english version of Windows 10, but I have set the keyboard layout to German (Switzerland). This works fine if I am logged in with my user. The only keyboard available is my German(Switzerland)...
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Language Hotkeys removed by itself in Windows 10
I have four keyboards and I have defined Ctrl+1, Ctrl+2 and Ctrl+3 ... hot-keys for them. The problem is that either all of the hot-keys or the first one is removed regularly. For example every time ...
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