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I currently have two languages set up; English and Dutch. The only difference is in keyboard input. The Dutch one uses the French/Belgian AZERTY layout and the English one uses the Irish/English QWERTY layout (@ = Shift+').
When a Belgian colleague needs to use my computer, I switch the language to NL (Dutch) (therefore the input to AZERTY) using the language bar, but it seems to be application-specific. (I.e: After changing the input to AZERTY for my colleague, if he then clicks on another program it switches back to QWERTY for that program).
Is there a way I can quickly switch between the two comprehensively yet temporarily?
Adam Lynch
Posted 2012-09-03T08:20:48.210
Reputation: 151
Nope. This is still application-specific. Nice shortcut though. – Adam Lynch – 2012-09-03T08:34:37.140
So far I haven't seen any other solutions to this problem other than having only one keyboard layout/language installed on the system, which I doubt is what you wanted in the first place :) – Robert Schmidt – 2012-09-03T08:36:25.000
I personally would prefer just QWERTY but for colleagues to pair program (etc) with me on my computer, and vice versa, we need a good solution to this. – Adam Lynch – 2012-09-03T08:42:31.653
Got it :) and edited answer :) – Robert Schmidt – 2012-09-03T08:45:56.640
So you're suggesting that when he wants to type on my computer, that I log out and into that new account? That's too much trouble. Remember now, I'm saying pressing
(left) Alt+Shifton every application he wants to use is too much trouble. We could be programming together for example, switching who types every few minutes. – Adam Lynch – 2012-09-03T08:50:14.590So basically you are asking for a technical solution for an operational problem ? :) If you are writing code, pressing Alt+Shift is 2 keystrokes before typing other keys on the keyboard. It shouldn't be much of a problem when you train yourself to do that. Try it, it is really easy once you get used to it :) – Robert Schmidt – 2012-09-03T09:02:40.230
Sure. It's what I was doing already but with a shortcut instead of two clicks. But I asked the question to find a system-wide (not application-specific) solution specifically, as it states, so this doesn't really answer it unfortunately. – Adam Lynch – 2012-09-03T11:02:46.400
I haven't found any for Windows XP and not sure it exists. App-specific behavior you mentioned is actually a feature of Windows XP and is tied to user settings, which in your case is two users so... kind of an impossible scenario without modifying users or changing the settings for every app. :) Cheers! :) – Robert Schmidt – 2012-09-03T13:20:12.417
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Oh really? "Feature". Thanks anyway :)
– Adam Lynch – 2012-09-03T13:26:36.087+1 for making me laugh with the image and completely ignoring rest of the comment :) – Robert Schmidt – 2012-09-03T14:09:40.730
Seriously, I understand the "feature" as you describe it, but who wants app-specific input language settings? Seems like a feature cough bug to me. Thanks for taking the effort to write all this:) – Adam Lynch – 2012-09-03T14:38:16.610