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Keyboard short-cut to switch language

Is there a keyboard short-cut to switch language? In my case that is to switch between English and Japanese(Hiragana).

Posted on Jun 20, 2011 9:01 AM

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Posted on Jun 21, 2011 8:03 AM

edit: You can also see the default shortcut for switching, and change it on this page as well.

I guess I could have elaborated more. Shown on that preference panel is the default setting, that are turned off by default. Clicking on the Keyboard Shortcuts link takes you to this window

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You can see that you can use a key combination to step thru the list of activated input languages. Backwards= CommandSpace, Forwards=OptionCommandSpace. But when you check to activate them you will see that there is a conflict with Spotlight. You cannot customize these shortcuts, so you have to pick either Spotlight or Text Input Source.

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Jun 21, 2011 8:03 AM in response to churin

edit: You can also see the default shortcut for switching, and change it on this page as well.

I guess I could have elaborated more. Shown on that preference panel is the default setting, that are turned off by default. Clicking on the Keyboard Shortcuts link takes you to this window

User uploaded file

You can see that you can use a key combination to step thru the list of activated input languages. Backwards= CommandSpace, Forwards=OptionCommandSpace. But when you check to activate them you will see that there is a conflict with Spotlight. You cannot customize these shortcuts, so you have to pick either Spotlight or Text Input Source.

Keyboard short-cut to switch language

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