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I know how to change the keyboard layout in general, but I want certain applications to always open with a specific layout, not the same for all of them. For example, I'd like Firefox to open with a Spanish layout, but Mathematica with a US layout. How can I do this?
I'm using Snow Leopard
Yaelcita
Posted 2010-06-27T05:38:46.323
Reputation: 121
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I think the easiest solution is to add a bit of manual work and do it as follows:
To answer your specific desire to have apps open in one layout:
This answer is outdated! There is no such option for Yosemite. check mine answer: http://superuser.com/a/889096/230571
– skywinder – 2015-03-19T17:58:52.1502The option is now back in OS X High Sierra, but rephrased to "Automatically switch to a document's input source". I found that very useful. – MKT – 2018-03-20T19:22:35.490
Thank you! I've looking for a way to do this for a couple months now. Safari would always switch the keyboard layout on its own, drove me nuts. – Ory Band – 2013-01-06T16:39:39.633
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I suggest you to try Keyboard pilot.
The app is sold in Mac OS App Store for a small price. It allows you to set a list of app->layout pairs which forces active layout to change when the specified app gains focus.
Gleb Gusev
Posted 2010-06-27T05:38:46.323
Reputation: 61
5Hi Gleb! Could you please expand your answer and explain how it solves the problem, what it does, etc.? – slhck – 2012-10-16T13:33:53.277
I had this same problem, and went ahead and bought keyboard pilot and it indeed solved the problem, it just switches the layout when you switch applications. – Guillermo Siliceo Trueba – 2014-01-16T19:56:13.370
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The top-voted answer is outdated! There is no such option for Yosemite.
I found great and free application, that resolve this issue: Auto Keyboard
By this app you can specify default language for any specific app - simply awesome!
skywinder
Posted 2010-06-27T05:38:46.323
Reputation: 193
1Maybe once it was free but now it's not – Evmorov – 2016-05-07T10:25:52.083
And now it's even not available, or maybe it just for my region... – Andrey Semakin – 2019-12-21T17:19:40.333
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I suggest you to try Keyboard Maestro at https://www.keyboardmaestro.com/main/.
By this app you can specify default input source for any specific app - simply awesome!
Check my screenshot:
Vuong
Posted 2010-06-27T05:38:46.323
Reputation: 11
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It is not exactly answer for the question asked (as it only works for Russian and English), but I want it to be here, for those who will search for such an app in future. Punto Switcher by Yandex has checkbox to remember layout per application. And you can turn off automatic layout switching based on what you are typing.
Alissa
Posted 2010-06-27T05:38:46.323
Reputation: 111
Punto switcher is a small utility, basic functionality of it is fixing text typed in wrong layout. It also can remember layout per application. And it's not a plugin for some other app, it's a standalone tool... I don't see how it 'depends on the application itself'. – Alissa – 2017-06-30T14:33:35.327
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You can write an Applescript that constantly runs and checks if an app has focus and if it does then it sets the keyboard layout to one layout and when it detects that the app doesn't have focus it switches the layout back again. Have it run at login.
I can't help with writing the app, but that would be the solution.
Here are a couple of related articles that I found:
jsejcksn
Posted 2010-06-27T05:38:46.323
Reputation: 2 854
See also http://superuser.com/questions/173494/mac-os-x-how-do-i-change-to-qwerty-dvorak-with-a-terminal-command
– None – 2010-09-16T02:14:05.533