Cannot switch pinyin to Russian keyboard

kosorukvo wrote:

When I using MacBook Air switch Pinyin keyboard to Russian, it remains in Latin layout, not in Cyrillic as it should be.

Make sure that Siri is turned off and its shortcut set to "none" and restart.

I have a similar issue only with Japanese and Russian keyboards after upgrading to 10.13.2. It looks like a bug. I tested it with and without siri. Here are the steps to reproduce:

- Open keyboard preferences and install 3 keyboard sources: U.S., Hiragana and Russian.

- Using shortcuts or input menu in the input bar switch to Hiragana

- From Hiragana switch to Russian and type something.

Expected result: to see Cyrillic letters, actual result: Latin letters.

Workaround: before switching to Russian input source switch first to U.S. input source and then switch to Russian input source.

imotov wrote:

I have a similar issue only with Japanese and Russian keyboards after upgrading to 10.13.2.

After updating to 10.13.2 I find that after either Pinyin or Hiragana you can't switch to Russian, Hebrew, or Arabic (and probably others I did not try).

Kaname_jp wrote:

I find that I can type Arabic or Cyrillic letters with switching the one after Turkish until switching U.S. input.

You meant to say "can't type", right?

I have no problem typing arabic or cyrillic after typing with turkish f, turkish qwerty, or turkish qwerty pc. Do you have Siri turned off?

No. I meant "I can’t." Let me explain.

I usually use Japanese input, Hiragana and U.S.

and I found I couldn’t type Arabic letters with Arabic input.

Trying other inputs, I found I couldn’t type Cyrillic in addition to Arabic and had no problem typing any Asian letters such as Korean, Hindi, Thai.

And I also found I got to be able to type Arabic only after choosing Arabic input after Turkish until switching US or Japanese.

I turned Siri off but it didn’t solve the problem.

It seems the same as Imotov reported except that his/her workaround doesn’t work in my environment.

My workaround is: before switching to Russian, switch to Turkish and then switch to Russian.

Using 10.13.2 in Text Edit:

I have no problem using the sequence Hiragana > US > Arabic qwerty. This not work for you?

I have no problem using the sequence Hiragana > US > Russian Phonetic. This does not work for you?

Don't have a solution unfortunately, but want to report that I am also experiencing the same issue with a combination of English (UK), Japanese and Russian.

I can type in Russian after switching to it from English, but as soon as I type anything in Japanese, Russian input stops functioning and only displays Latin script.

Tested this with both macOS' standard Japanese IME as well as Google Japanese IME, same bug present whatever you choose.

Seems to be something affecting Cyrillic input after switching from a character-based language...

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated as this bug basically renders my MBP useless until it's fixed.

The previous postings in the thread indicate the bug involves both Japanese and Chinese causing problems with at least Cyrillic, Arabic, Hebrew. So far the only workaround is to use a Latin layout in between. Make sure you use the feedback link to complain to Apple.

Thanks - I've used the feedback page to let Apple know, can only hope that they fix this soon.

Just to expand further, using a Latin script layout in between changes nothing, at least in my case - have to restart and then avoid changing input source to Japanese to be able to type in Russian. So this is, unfortunately, worse than just a case of, say, using Option+Cmd+Space as opposed to Cmd+Space to change an input source - need to restart to get a language back, which is unworkable really.

Here's to hoping Apple will see our feedback and this thread and come up with a solution.

It does, unfortunately. Tried switching inputs after initially switching to Japanese in at least TextEdit, Notes, Safari, Chrome and Messages - no Russian input anywhere. Seems to be a system-wide issue. The Siri trick described earlier in this thread also seems to do nothing, still have to restart to get Russian input back. Just to note, this is only as of 10.13.2, previous versions had no problems at all.

Tom Gewecke wrote:

the bug involves both Japanese and Chinese causing problems with at least Cyrillic, Arabic, Hebrew.

Further testing indicates it extends to Chinese, Japanese, and Korean causing problem with at least Cyrillic, Arabic, Hebrew, Greek.

Hi! I have same issue: cannot type Russian after switching input from Chinese. It's super annoying bug.

I can type Russian after switching from English (US) and Brazilian Portuguese, but not Chinese Pinyin.

Usually I type Chinese with Sogou Pinyin input, then I tried to delete it and use default Apple pinyin (Chinese) input, but same issue.

I tried to (re-enable and) disable Siri, and its shortcut is set to "off" - didn't help.

Restart/logout - didn't help as well.

Reported to Apple via Feedback form.

I also have this issue. I use Romaji, Hiragana and Russian for text input. But it only switches between Romaji and Hiragana. Even though icon is showing RU, the typing is actually in Latin. It's frustrating... I though it's something wrong with MacBook and started getting crazy.

Now it turns out it is a bug...

Have guys in Apple ever heard of testing before uploading?

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