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When there are multiple input methods (keyboard layouts) installed, the first one in the list is supposed to be the default. In my case I have two custom keyboard layouts:
- US (Customized)
- Czech (Customized)
So the first option—US (Customized)—should be the default option. The advanced settings dialog confirms this as well as shows the layouts in the same order:
Also, the keyboard layout switching pop-up shows US (Customized) at the top and Czech (Customized) below.
However, when login into the system, the second, or maybe last one, is selected by default, i.e. the Czech (Customized) option. Is this a bug in the OS or am I missing something? Note that I experience the same behavior when I copy the input methods to the login screen settings—when logging-in, the default isn't the first on the list.
So how does the auto-selection of the default keyboard layout really work in Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012, when there's no override in place in the advanced settings?
2I have the same problem and I almost never login myself on the first try. There should be some option for the login screen to always use the default language. – Juraj Suchár – 2012-10-31T05:38:39.803
I think it's a bug. I have exactly the same problem, only worse. I have an input method of UK English with US-DVORAK keyboard, and Spanish with a Spanish keyboard. On top of sometimes defaulting to Spanish (my secondary input language), it also sometimes gives me UK English with a UK keyboard, which is not even configured at all in the input settings! – Fletch – 2013-02-26T06:26:54.413
1@OliverSalzburg What's the reason for removing the
keyboard-layout
tag? – Ondrej Tucny – 2014-04-28T20:53:07.017@OndrejTucny: It's not a useful tag. Tags should optimally be an area of expertise and/or interest. Categorizing a question with a tag for an operating system is obviously helpful, because people might be knowledgeable about that system (or not interested at all in it). Keyboard layouts aren't really a helpful categorization if you imagine all the different types of questions that fit into it. – Der Hochstapler – 2014-04-28T20:59:21.057
1@OliverSalzburg I believe a
windows-8
andkeyboard-layout
tags applied together do make for the necessary distinction. At least we use tags this way on Stack Overflow. – Ondrej Tucny – 2014-04-28T21:05:17.197@OndrejTucny: We generally don't like tags that only work in combination with other tags. – Der Hochstapler – 2014-04-28T21:11:26.413
1@OliverSalzburg That just doesn't make sense.
windows-8
alone does not make sense because it can easily account for 10 % of SuperUser's content. Will ask about it on Meta. – Ondrej Tucny – 2014-04-28T21:15:09.8571@OndrejTucny You are 100% right and the guy who removed the tag is 100% wrong. "We generally don't like tags that …" - wtf? StackOverflow and SuperUser really aren't on the same level. While the former is a great site, SU abounds with patronizing, arrogant admins à la Wikipedia who make high-handed edits to posts, delete comments, and even entire questions should the discussion in the comments threaten to expose the ignorance that underpins their purported superuser/superadmin status. Well, the name of the site is »superuser«, nomen est omen. – Lumi – 2014-05-27T06:40:28.663