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I have U.S. and Japanese (Hiragana) input on the keyboard. There's a feature in macOS "Use the Caps Lock key to switch to and from U.S.". So, pressing Capslock switches between U.S. and Japanese fine for the most part, but the problem is that if I press Capslock immediately after typing a U.S. character, it does nothing. I have to wait a few moments before I can press Capslock to switch to Hiragana. Likewise, if I'm in Hiragana and I press Capslock immediately after finishing typing Hiragana, it does nothing. I have to wait a moment before pressing Capslock to change back to U.S.

Anyone know how to remove this delay? It's frustrating.

ninjaneer
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  • See if this helps you out: https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/382747/faster-language-keyboard-swapping/382750#382750 – Allan Mar 31 '20 at 22:27
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    I believe this might help https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/262187/64434. I have ended up using karabiner-elements – Ixanezis Jan 11 '21 at 18:43
  • Unfortunately, Slow keys make repeat key delay very slow, even if they are tuned to the maximum, so this is not a solution :( – Rualark Mar 28 '22 at 14:39

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You might try adding Romaji to your Japanese input choices and playing with the preferences for Caps Lock and Shift Key action to see if you get the performance you want.

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Tom Gewecke
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The only reliable way to get rid of the delay, in my experience, is to use karabiner-elements.

  1. Install karabiner-elements.
  2. Remap the Caps-Lock key to a function key, e.g. F17, by adding the mapping in the "Simple Modifications" tab.
  3. Then open System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Keyboard Shortcuts -> Input Sources. And set F17 as the key for selecting the next input source.

When it's done this way, the delay disappears.

Sergey Tselovalnikov
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I also face the same problem and it's really annoying. Tried every solutions out there but not working. So I end up changing the key to ⌘ CommandSpace.

Allan
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Bank
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  • While this does answer the question, I would advise against this. Cmd-Space pulls up spotlight search which is a super powerful too. Try this instead: https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/382750/119271 – Allan Apr 19 '20 at 18:29
  • Kawa doesn't help. I change spotlight shortcut to option+space before changing capslock to cmd+space so there's no problem with spotlight – Bank Apr 20 '20 at 13:59