My keyboard language keeps changing

In language and regions, as well as in keyboard preferences i have recently included Spanish - in both cases it is BELOW english, and also in language and regions it says english-primary. I want to mainly use english, and only sometimes i want to switch to spanish.  However since i added spanish, my keyboard continually keeps changing to spanish by itself. For example almost every time i start typing into a new document it will revert to spanish, and i will have to manually change to english in keyboard preferences panel at the top right of the main screen. Can someone tell me how to make this stop, it is really really annoying.
OS 10.10.2, macbooc pro

Have you ticked the "Automatically switch  . . ." box? I don't use Mavericks or Yosemite enough to understand what the consequences of the "automatic" effect might be, but I'd untick the box if it's currently ticked to see whether the situation improves.

Similar Messages

  • Keyboard Layout keeps changing to US

    Hello everyone, I have a 13" MacBook Pro, and the keyboard layout keeps changing to U.S. I have a swiss german keyboard, and it's pretty infuriating to always have to change it back. What I don't get, is that when it changes to U.S., it removes Swiss german from the selection, so I have to go to system preferences to change it back.
    is this a common problem with OS X 10.8.4?
    Thanks guys

    Have a look, if Linc DAvis's suggestion in this thread does help:
    Hi. The default language of my keyboard often changes from French to American - apparently without reason. Anyone has an idea why ?

  • Spell change language keeps changing to spanish

    Running Ubuntu Studio 64 bit and the most up to date version of Firefox (there's no longer an "about" button so I can't pull up the precise FF version)
    I set the default language during install to English US.
    Initially, Firefox installed spell check for Afrikaans. I kept going into about:config and changing to en_US but it kept changing back to Afrikaans every 15-20 minutes. Didn't seem to matter if I left FF open or closed and restarted, Firefox kept changing the language.
    Not sure what is different but the last three weeks now Firefox thinks it's in Cuba. I can have the spell check set for en_US and during a session Firefox spontaneously changes it back to Spanish several times a day. I go into about:config and change it back to English, but then at some point 20-40 minutes later usually Firefox changes my spellcheck back to Spanish.
    While I would like to learn Spanish because it's impossible to get a job in California if you're not a Spanish Speaker, I told Firefox to spellcheck ENGLISH and I should not have to keep changing it back.
    Why doesn't Firefox respect my choice of spellcheck language and how do I spank Firefox into compliance?

    Here is what I just did, instead of deleting the files from ''/usr/share/myspell/'', I deleted the "'''dictionaries'''" folder from FF that links to ''myspell'' folder, and I created a normal folder with the same name (not linked to anything) and inside that folder I created links from ''myspell'' for the two dictionaries I need.
    This solution works as Firefox only shows these two dics, and LibreOffice spellcheck works fine.
    However, I think FF will overwrite my changes after an update, i have to wait and see.
    Update: Not a good solution.
    There was an update to firefox today but it won't update since the "'''dictionaries'''" folder is not the same (link vs real folder) and i was getting this error:
    Error unpacking rpm package firefox-33.1-1.fc20.x86_64
    error: unpacking of archive failed on file /usr/lib64/firefox/dictionaries: cpio: rename
    So i had to revert it back to what it was to update it.

  • Default Language Keeps Changing

    I found and downloaded a Pages template I want to use for a feasibility study I'm developing. The paragraph styles and default spelling language was in French. I've changed the language in the Inspector Text|More tab to English, but it keeps changing back to French. Any suggestions about how to fix this? I really rely on the spell checker in Pages, but the French version isn't helpful for an English document.

    My guess is that you didn't define the Language correctly in the Inspector.
    When we set it, it apply to the selected paragraph, not to the entire text.
    As the original document was set to French, when you insert a new paragraph, it is created with the French setting.
    To get rid of that, insert one or two paragraphs at the end of the document, select all of them and set the language to English.
    After that new paragraphs created at end of doc would use English.
    Inserting paragraphs between two French ones will force you to set English by hand.
    Yvan KOENIG (from FRANCE mercredi 30 juillet 2008 11:00:44)

  • Opera's keyboard shortcuts keep changing

    When I browse some sites, like Orkut, my keyboard shortcut configuration changes. Don't know why this happens, and when it happens, I cannot write any letter with an accent, like "é", "ã" etc.
    So everytime I enter that kind of site I have to go to Tools - Preferences - Shortcuts - Keyboard configuration and change the standard to Opera standard for UNIX. Now I can write letters with accent, but when I enter the site again, I have to do everything again!
    Does anybody have this problem too?

    Ever heard about Unicode?
    To explain it briefly: Before Unicode every charset consisted of 255 different characters (some are control characters, like e.g. line break). This means you can only use these characters. This is a problem if you want to use e.g. cryllic characters or even worse if you are asian and your alphabet consists of much more than 255 characters.
    Now with Unicode there are more characters possible. UTF-8 is now one implementation of Unicode. If you open an UTF-8 document with latin1 encoding, you'll realize that special characters (like umlauts, accented characters,...) break into two characters. e.g. Ä breaks into ä As you see, there are some characters (standard ASCII) only using the space of one character and some using up two four traditional characters.
    Last edited by wuischke (2007-07-21 06:19:47)

  • Why does my language keep changing during texting?

    The return and space button on my texting changes language how do I stop this?

    All you need to do is to disable all the unwanted keyboards of different languages from Settings - General - International - Keyboards
    Now press edit and delete all the unwanted languages. Keep only the keyboard you want and you will not see a globe icon in the keyboard so you won't tap it accidentally
    This will solve your question

  • Language keeps changing to Spanish

    I have done the preference pains for language and region and Keyboard. I have the language menu in the menu bar. For some strange reason after I chanmged to Spanish for some writing, now everywhere I go there is Spanish. I switch to English in documents, Safari and mail and it goes back. What is the deal?

    Some of your user files (not system files) have incorrect permissions or are locked. This procedure will unlock all your user files, reset their ownership, and remove their access-control lists. If you've set special values for those attributes, they will be reverted. In that case, either stop here, or be prepared to recreate the settings if necessary. Do so only after verifying that those settings didn't cause the problem. If none of this is meaningful to you, you don't need to worry about it.
    Back up all data.
    Step 1
    If you have more than one user account, and the one in question is not an administrator account, then temporarily promote it to administrator status in the Users & Groups preference pane. To do that, unlock the preference pane using the credentials of an administrator, check the box marked
    Allow user to administer this computer
    Then reboot. You can demote the problem account back to standard status when this step has been completed.
    Enter the following command in the Terminal window in the same way as before (triple-click, copy, and paste):
    { sudo chflags -R nouchg,nouappnd ~ $TMPDIR..; sudo chown -R $UID:staff ~ $_; sudo chmod -R u+rwX ~ $_; chmod -R -N ~ $_; } 2>&-
    This time you'll be prompted for your login password, which won't be displayed when you type it. You may get a one-time warning to be careful. If you don’t have a login password, you’ll need to set one before you can run the command. If you see a message that your username "is not in the sudoers file," then you're not logged in as an administrator.
    The command may take several minutes to run, depending on how many files you have. Wait for a new line ending in a dollar sign ($) to appear, then quit Terminal.
    Step 2 (optional)
    Take this step only if you have trouble with Step 1, if you prefer not to take it, or if it doesn't solve the problem.
    Boot into Recovery. When the OS X Utilities screen appears, select
    Utilities ▹ Terminal
    from the menu bar. A Terminal window will open. In that window, type this:
    res
    Press the tab key. The partial command you typed will automatically be completed to this:
    resetpassword
    Press return. A Reset Password window will open. You’re not  going to reset a password.
    Select your startup volume ("Macintosh HD," unless you gave it a different name) if not already selected.
    Select your username from the menu labeled Select the user account if not already selected.
    Under Reset Home Directory Permissions and ACLs, click the Reset button.
    Select
     ▹ Restart
    from the menu bar.

  • Photoshop CS5 changes the keyboard language to Thai

    So the problem is that very often the keyboard language is changed to Thai, but only inside Photoshop. Anywhere else in Windows I can still type in Latin alphabet. It seems to come completely randomly - I use my regular shortcuts and keys when I'm working, and suddenly I notice that any shortcut to any tool is not working anymore so I check by opening the text tool and can only write in Thai alphabet. Even when saving the file it only inputs Thai.
    It's very irritating since right now I have only moved the problem a bit by restarting Photoshop, so when working with huge files it takes some time to save and load again.
    I don't recall whether I ever even changed my Windows language to Thai on this PC since I don't even have the language bar visible, but Thai is regularly being used on my laptop - don't know how Photoshop would get it from there so probably just a funny coincidence.

    Photoshop can't change the keyboard mapping:  it has no such code or capability.
    But you may have accidentally set something in the OS to automatically change the keyboard layout when in Photoshop.

  • [8.1 pro update1] Windows KEEPS changing and reinstalling keyboard layouts regardsless of IgnoreRemoteKeyboardLayout

    Windows 8.1 is driving me nuts beyond believe once again. I have 8.1 Pro update 1 English, installed from the VLK iso from our Volume License / SPLA account. As we are a Dutch company, the Location is set to The Netherlands, as well as the date/time format.
    Therefore in my keyboard settings the language is Dutch (NL) but I set my keyboard layout to US, as below:
    As you can see there are no other languages our installed. This worked for years with Windows 7 and before with XP. Windows 8.1 however KEEPS changing my keyboard layout to plain Dutch making my keyboard unusable. The language bar in the systemtray, or whatever
    it's called in this OS, shows THREE layouts, which are actually 'selectable' and work as if they were installed. However, they are not 'really' installed, as per the screenshots above.
    This is driving me completely mad. Why on earth is Windows making descisions for me which I should be making myself? In addition, in my oppinion Windows should NEVER change somthing as trivial as a keyboard layout by itself. People don't change switch keyboard
    even when logging on to a remote system that has a different layout configured. Whoever came up with this 'automatic switching per application' idea once again had no clue of real-life usage at all.
    I've added those two languages I do NOT want to my keyboard layouts and removed them. Sure they are gone then, and as only language NLD with layout US is left, the language bar in systray is gone as well. After a few days all three are back, and my keyboard
    is producing wrong characters again.
    I've tried with regvalue HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layout\IgnoreRemoteKeyboardLayout set to 1, to no avail at all. It just keeps changing. This should help to prevent my keyboard when changing when I RDP to one of my servers.
    The advanced settings in Language don't help either:
    'let me set a different input language for each app window' is unticked.
    Override for default keyboard is now set to Dutch - US, like I want it. Doesn't help either.
    I cannot reproduce it on demand, settings do NOT change when connecting to my RDP server(s). They do NOT change when I open any of my used programs, being IE, Chrome, CMD.exe, notepad and a few others. It shouldn't either as I disabled the 'keep settings
    per application'.
    I have changed the keyboard shortcut from alt-shift or whatever it was to 'none'.
    How to prevent Windows 8.1 completely from changing the keyboard layout I use? Is there any way to check WHY or WHAT actually changes my keyboard?

    This might be really late to this post but I've been having this issue while playing games, particularly those which are complex enough to require Control, Alt, Shift. At first like some people here suggested
    Windows Key + Space was the cause, but even after removing all alternate layouts (for reference, I want the UK layout, but it was switching to the US Layout) it was persisting.
    This post pointed me in the right direction, go into your Language Options
    > Change Override (Advanced). At this stage I've noticed there is the Switching input methods section, look for
    Change language bar hot keys and here I fount Alt + Shift
    was being used for switching Between input languages - a key combo I'd probably hit quite often just purely by accident. You can change the key sequence to no binds.
    I haven't fully tested it, but it appears to be working for now - and I hope its an extra option for people to look at if they're running into this issue.

  • I've changed my keyboard language to a forieng language and when MacBook sleep I could not type the actual password in US language

    I've changed my keyboard language to a forieng language and when MacBook sleep I could not type the actual password in US language.. Try alot but no language change key

    What language did you change it to exactly?

  • Ios upgrade stopped my external hard drives and keep changing my laptop keyboards

    Latest ios upgrade stopped my computers from contacting and saving in my external hard drives and keeps changing my laptop keyboards everytime I turn it on. Please Apple solve this because I know that many people suffer from this. If you do not I will stop my almost 30 year old use of Apples.

    iOS has nothing to do with devices connected to your computer.  It also has nothing to do with your keyboard.  What have you done and when?
    Barry

  • What is the keyboard shortcut for changing dictation language in Yosemite?

    I can't find the keyboard shortcuts to change the dictation language in Mac OS X?
    I would really appreciate if someone help me with this problem. I work with two languages and I really can't find any way to do that.
    Thanks for your help guys

    Until the developer can release dictationswitcher compatible with Yosemite, here is an AppleScript that will toggle between two languages. After it switches, it will speak which language has been set. Currently, the spoken text is in English (United States). This script will work on Yosemite and Mavericks. Tested.
    What you need to do to get this to work.
    Add your alternative language to the Dictation Language pop-up.Set your languages in the AppleScript property strings exactly as they appear in the Dictation Language Menu.
    Copy/Paste the following AppleScript into your Script Editor (/Applications/Utilities).
    Click the hammer (compile) button
    Save once as File format text (dictation.applescript) - don't hide the extension, or check any of the checkboxes.
    Option+Save As… File format Application to your Desktop. Hide the extension, and check no other checkboxes.
    The first time that you run this application, you will receive a dialog box just like the one below (I changed the name back to dictation):
    Click Open System Preferences. Click on the gold lock button in the lower left corner. The Accessibility category will be selected, but the dictation application in the list of apps will be unchecked. Check it, and then click the gold lock again. Quit out of the dictation application on your Desktop, and run it again. If you happen to get another dialog indicating that it still does not have permission, revisit the System Preferences > Security & Privacy panel, and under the Privacy tab > Accessibility, uncheck the dictation application, and then recheck it again. Quit System Preferences. This happened to me, and following this second action allowed it to work properly.
    Future releases of OS X may impact this application if Apple changes the order of the UI elements.
    I modified this AppleScript from an Apple StackExchange post by qegal in 2012.
    Copy/Paste the following AppleScript into your Yosemite Script Editor per the above instructions.
    property defaultLang : "English (United States)"
    property altLang : "German (Germany)"
    -- property altLang : "French (France)"
    tell application "System Events" to set p to (path to frontmost application) as string
         tell application "System Preferences"
         activate
              reveal anchor "Dictation" of pane "com.apple.preference.speech"
         end tell
         tell application "System Events"
              tell process "System Preferences"
                   tell pop up button 1 of tab group 1 of window "Dictation & Speech"
                        click
                        try
                             if (get value of attribute "AXValue") contains defaultLang then
                                 click menu item altLang of menu 1
                                 say "Dictation set to " & altLang
                             else if (get value of attribute "AXValue") contains altLang then
                                click menu item defaultLang of menu 1
                                say "Dictation set to " & defaultLang
                             end if
                       on error errmsg number errnbr
                             tell process "System Preferences" to if it is running then quit
                             display alert altLang & "not configured in Dictation Languages, please add." as critical giving up after 10
                       end try
                   end tell
           end tell
    end tell
    quit application "System Preferences"
    activate application p

  • How to change the keyboard language by code

    I'm building a user interface for my application, some of the fields are in arabic and others are in English, I want to change the keyboard language according to the fields the cursor in, I tried to send KeyEvent once the cursor entered the text field. [[ KeyEvent ev = new KeyEvent(this, KeyEvent.KEY_RELEASED, 1, KeyEvent.ALT_DOWN_MASK, KeyEvent.VK_SHIFT, KeyEvent.CHAR_UNDEFINED,KeyEvent.KEY_LOCATION_RIGHT); ]] but it didn't work! could any body help me please?

    Locale is already setted.
    Keyboard has toggle button(key) to switch input-mode between english and
    native languge(korean). So I'd like to set input-mode per text-field when get focus for user convenient by programing code . But I can't find the toggle key code.
    Is there any idea to do this?

  • My keyboard does not change language in facebook log in

    I just bought MacBook Pro 15'4 I am in general new user with mac !!! My primary keyboard language is English and my secondary is Greek. When i try to log in to my facebook account i wrote my e-mail (in english of course) and my password is in greek and when i change the input source to greek does not change and greek became transparent in the language bar at the top !! I don't have an idea why cannot let me change the language only in this step to put my psw. I am using Safari and Chrome too, and is happening in both browsers too !!! I would be greateful and apriciated if someone can help me !!!

    thanks a lot for your help !!! i downoladed firefox and the same problem when i will go to put my psw only in this step cannot let me change from english to greek !!!! why this is happening ??? i think that,this is a browser problem not macbook's or keybord problem !?!
    *and it still does it when i change the primary language to greek again

  • Keyboard language changed only in Firefox not other programmes

    I have Firefox in English but I use a Spanish keyboard, meaning some keys like question marks or quotation marks are in different places, there are accents, a key for ç, etc. It has always worked normally but today, while the keyboard is working correctly with all other programmes in Firefox it works as if the settings were changed to an English (I think) keyboard.
    I don't have that problem with Chrome though, it's just Firefox. How is that possible (add question mark here, I can't guess what key I'im supposed to use for it).
    I haven't changed anything in the settings, so the only possibility could be some kind of shortcut I've accidentally pressed, even though I don't know how that's even possible, as I assumed you can't have several keyboard language settings selected at the same time depending on the programme you're using.
    I type in different languages so this is terribly annoying! Thanks for any help.

    It is possible that you have switched the keyboard layout by accident by using the key sequence to rotate the layout.
    * http://support.microsoft.com/kb/258824 - How to change your keyboard layout
    Windows remembers the keyboard layout setting per application and you may have changed the keyboard layout by accident via a keyboard shortcut.
    * http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306993 - HOW TO: Use the Language Bar in Windows XP
    * http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/The-Language-bar-overview The Language bar (overview)
    Make sure that you have the Language bar visible on the Windows Taskbar
    * You can do that via the right-click context menu of the Taskbar: Toolbars > Language Bar
    * Check the keyboard language (keyboard layout) setting for the application that has focus via the icon on the Language bar
    * You need to do that while Firefox has focus because Windows remembers the keyboard layout setting per application
    * The default key combination to rotate the layout is the Ctrl+Shift or Alt+Shift combination that is used in Firefox for menu items, so it is quite possible to change the layout accidentally.
    * To avoid an unintentional switch, assign a specific key sequence (Alt/Ctrl+Shift+number) to select keyboard layouts and remove the key combination to rotate layouts (Alt+Shift or Ctrl+Shift)
    * Control Panel > Regional and Language Options > Keyboards and Languages > Change keyboards > Advanced key settings > Change key sequence

Maybe you are looking for