Is there a way to hotkey between Input Methods?

Dear all,

My macbook air has a JIS/Japanese keyboard. I use two IMEs which translate to “Select Word” (I’ll call it ‘Japanese IME’) and “Chinese Word-Complex Characters” (I’ll call it ‘Chinese IME’).

The Japanese IME uses hotkeys such as “ctrl+shift+k” and“ctrl+shift+j” to switch between Japanese writing styles.

For the Chinese IME, I only use one method, chongkit, its hotkey is “ctrl+shift+c”.

While using the Japanese IME, “ctrl+shift+c” does not activate chongkit. I have to use my mouse and click select from the options in the top right. Likewise, while using the Chinese IME, I cannot hotkey the Japanese writing systems.

The issue is clear… the Chinese and Japanese IMEs do not interact.

It is easy for me to exit the Chinese IME. The JIS keyboard has keyboard keys that can put me in English or Japanese.

I write English (including this posting) with the Japanese IME’s roman character option.

So, is there a way I can hotkey chongkit from the Japanese IME?

Or, is there a way I can hotkey switching between IMEs?

Note, this is not an issue specifically about Japanese and Chinese IMEs, this is an issue with IMEs in general.

Thank you