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).
Is there a keyboard short-cut to switch language? In my case that is to switch between English and Japanese(Hiragana).
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
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.
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
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.
Apple menu > System Prefrences... > Language & Text. Select your desired languages, check your Input source options, also check Show Input menu in menu bar.
You can now switch languages on the fly.
edit: You can also see the default shortcut for switching, and change it on this page as well.
Thanks for your reply.
What I am asking is if there is a short-cut key to switch the language on the fly. For example, if currently selected language is English and if I want to change it to Japanese(Hiragana), I have to click on the icon(English flag) and select Hiragana on the pull-down menu.
I got you now. My difficulty was that I did not know that that key combination was assigned to the Spotlight by default. Now I can do it exactly as I wanted.
Thank you very much for your help.
Keyboard short-cut to switch language