Most of the world has more than one language in their system settings, and we all work every day typing in some form of text.
In Sonoma, when you change the input source, a pop-up language indicator appears next to the cursor.
This is the worst kind of distraction.
Is there any way to disable this popup?
MacBook Air (M1, 2020)
It definitely is annoying distraction when it appears automatically.
Additionally, it's not a helpful indicator when I actually want to change input sources with a keyboard shortcut. Only a small toggle is shown near the input field. It only shows an icon, never the full name of the source. This is confusing when using multiple custom input sources that all have a default icon.
Before Sonoma, when switching input sources with a keyboard shortcut, a large menu in the center of the screen would be shown with available options that also showed the names and not just the icons.
Also, in Sonoma, if an input field is not focused, some times no menu/notification is shown at all when changing with a shortcut, but the input source still changes.
Interestingly, I’m not occasionally getting the old larger menu when no input field/box is focused, and some times not. The whole thing is confusing.
Is there some place that we can file an official feedback request?
After having disabled the new popup several weeks ago using the plist setting, I've noticed that in some apps, the caret does not always appear in some text fields. I'm not sure why the unintended side effect is only noticeable in some apps and in some of those apps, only certain text fields have the issue.
If I re-enable the popup using the plist setting, then the caret appears in those text fields as it should.
As it seems that most apps work fine with the pop up disabled, I've kept it disabled. While the caret not showing in certain apps is very annoying, the popup itself is far more distracting.
Hi. Sorry for the confusion. It’s the blinking cursor that indicates the current insertion point for text.
With the flag set to disable the popup, it often doesn’t appear in some text fields in some apps. Most apps don’t seem to be affected. And even in the apps that are affected, it’s sometimes only in certain text fields.
I agree that it is annoying, however, giving up on macOS because if it reduces your credibility to Apple and as a software engineer. (I am a retired SWE with 40 years experience, I can maintain focus at my age even with this absurd 'feature'.)
I am using a Japanese keyboard. This popup thing is super annoying.
Very useful, thanks!
Have you found a solution?
It looks particularly broken if you have custom input sources (e.g. https://hci.rwth-aachen.de/usgermankeyboard or https://eurkey.steffen.bruentjen.eu/) installed with their own custom icons
Could you explain exactly what you mean by “caret”? Perhaps post a screen shot.
Good suggestion. I did.
anyway to revert that brings the pop up icons back?
Hello! is there a way to undo this after doing this? Thank you for helping!
Sonoma: any way to disable input source switch popup?
