I have a bug with language switcher since I updated my mac

I have downloaded an os Sonoma recently,and i have the language switcher bug when i try to switch language,the image is below

Posted on Sep 26, 2023 4:24 PM

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Posted on Sep 27, 2023 6:34 AM

Tom Gewecke wrote:

@etresoft. Do you still get the vertical list of keyboards in Sonoma? I think the OP is only getting the horizontal buttons and wants the vertical list back

OK. I get it now. This is the input source, which is only tangentially related to language.


I never got any vertical list because I never use more than one keyboard.


As far as I can tell, "the language switcher bug" was actually that vertical list. When I look at Apple's documentation for this feature in Sonoma and Ventura, it doesn't mention any vertical list. Both of them say the same thing, "You can also press Control-Space bar to select the previous input source, or Control-Option-Space bar to select the next input source in the Input menu". Nothing about any vertical list.


So I think that vertical list in Ventura was the bug. Now, in Sonoma, it behaves as documented. Apple didn't like that vertical list and got rid of it altogether.


I can't use the fn/Globe key in my virtual machine (no way I'm installing Sonoma anytime soon!). But the ctrl-space combinations now work as documented.

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Oct 4, 2023 2:48 PM in response to dykyi_vladk

Wow this new popup is SO annoying. Everything was cool in Ventura... I can't downgrade now, and let's say Apple decided to change this to make their UI more consistent and remove the centered popup... Okay, but at least make it work right! It has a very annoying delay, sometimes it doesn't switch to the proper language, and sometimes the popup appears as well. Where's the consistency?


Yay for https://github.com/Nikeev/LangSwitch, someone give this person the salary of one of your UI/UX designers because whoever decided the new language switcher was a good idea needs a career change.

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