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So I recently did a clean install of Windows 10 English. I configured it to have English UI language but Norwegian keyboard. I have several problems with that setup:
- The keyboard language keeps switching to English constantly
- I can't see the language bar nor the language toggle popup when I swap:
I have bound the Norwegian keyboard layout to Shift+Alt+0 and that works, but it's annoying to have to do that every 5 minutes. Also I find it weird that I can't see the language bar neither on the desktop nor on the toolbar.
Anyone have any idea of what might be wrong?
Windows Keyboard Layouts.; 5 minutes to read; In this article. Choose a keyboard below to view its layouts. To see different keyboard states, move the mouse over state keys such as Shift, Caps or AltGr. You can also lock or unlock those keys by clicking them. If you use a pop-up blocker, please update your allowable list to include. Apr 29, 2019 To add a new keyboard layout on Windows 10, use these steps: Open Settings. Click on Time & Language. Click on Language. Select your default language from the list. Click the Options button. Under the 'Keyboards' section, click the Add a keyboard button. Select the new keyboard layout that. Initially, this adds the Modern Greek input method, so you need to adjust the input options for Greek to get the Polytonic layout. Click on the Greek input, then click the Options button; Click the Add a keyboard button, and choose Greek Polytonic from the menu. If you do not need the Modern Greek keyboard, remove it here.
Here are some screenshots of my settings:
P.S. The only time I see the language toggle popup is actually when I'm logged out in the lock screen and press Win+Space. Nothing happens if I do that after being logged in.
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In Windows 10, by default, pressing CTRL+SHIFT (or for some ALT+SHIFT - thanks madmenyo ) will cycle through any keyboard layouts that you might have mapped and it's surprisingly easy to do this by mistake.
If you keep pressing CTRL+SHIFT (or whatever you might have changed it to) then soon you should get back to the correct setting. (alternatively reboot which is what I did first time ;-) )
(Updated Aug 2019) You can change/disable this by
Be warned, the above doesn't always work - Restarts and Sleep mode can both change keyboard default (usually to US) - I've found no cast-iron solution though creating a new profile can help, though not a particularly satisfactory answer IMHO.
In an emergency
to bring up the On Screen Keyboard might help temporarily.
Also note that it's possible to disable this so that no key combination will change the language - change the keys to 'Not Assigned' - see answer below from Mort for more info
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If you click on the 'Change language bar hot keys' link, visible in your last screenshot, you should be able to see which keys are bound to change the keyboard language.
The default settings are very easy to hit, when using the keyboard, thus suddenly changing the keyboard language. Changing the keys to 'Not Assigned' will prevent the keyboard language from switching accidentally.
MortMort
2018/2019 answer:
Windows 10 Greek Keyboard Layout Mac
I had the same issue, trying to use Polish keyboard with English UI language of Windows.
Every time I locked the computer, it came back to US keyboard.
The problem was that I was having Polish keyboard under Polish language, where in fact, what I really wanted was a Polish keyboard under English language.
I removed Polish language pack, added Polish keyboard under English language, and removed American keyboard from English language - see the screenshot below:
So in short, the trick is to add your desired keyboard as the only keyboard under the default language.
(This works for me because I generally type in English, only sometimes I want to input in Polish, but I can do it without changing the keyboard, since Polish keyboard is fully compatible with US QWERTY).
Additional notes:
As @GuneyOzsan mentioned, some language/keyboard configurations might show only in language bar, but not in the language settings keyboards list (so you cannot remove it) -- particularly, this happens after a major update of Windows.To remove one of those items (e.g.: lang=US, keyboard=Canada), you have to add the same exact combination of the item you want to delete via the language settings list, and then remove it:
- click on the
+
(add a preferred language) - add an item with the lang=US and keyboard=Canada
- then remove it
- then delete the preferred language you just created (this removes the invisible keyboard)
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Turns out I had to configure a keyboard layout in the first screenshot. You'll notice it says 'Keyboard: None available'. So clicking 'Options' here, then 'Add an input method' and then selecting QWERTY Norwegian solved the case.
I don't know how I was able to install Windows with such a borked language setup. Anyway I advice everyone to watch more closely the language questions upon initial install.
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The direct registry setting to disable the keyboard layout toggle hotkeys is:
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And for new users, try this (in an elevated prompt):
mivkmivk
use this solution- How to disable automatic keyboard layout change in Windows 8?
Choose the second language as default. then,when you switch to the first one, it will remain switched.
Ancient Greek Keyboard Windows 10
(thanks to @SimonSeyock):
win + space
changes between all language/keyboard pairs. alt + shift
only changes language ctrl + shift
only changes keyboardCommunity♦
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My problem: I have 3 languages (keyboard layouts) installed. When going to sleep in Windows 10, then waking up, it always defaults back to the 'main language', instead of keeping the last one set. I consider this a bug.
Solution:
- Open
Control PanelAll Control Panel ItemsLanguage
. - Click on
Advanced Settings
. - Under
Switching input methods
, check theLet me set a different input method for each app windows
.
This will keep the language when going to sleep and coming back.
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The same issue occurred to me and I followed the following steps to fix it on Windows 10.
Step #1: Go to
Language Preferences
Step #2: Click on
Advanced keyboard Settings
Step #3: Click on
Language bar Options
Windows 10 Greek Keyboard Layout On Android
Step #4: Perform following :4.1 Select
Advanced Key Settings
Tab4.2 Choose Between input languages
option in the list.4.3 Click on Change key Sequence...
button4.4 Change both the options to
Not Assigned
.ForteForte
This top Google result worked on my new Windows 10 laptop:
Set a default keyboard layout:
- Click the Start menu and select Settings.
- Select Time & language.
- Click Region & language in the left column.
- Under Languages click the language you want as default and click Set as default.
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