6

The problem described in Disable mouse interference in Cmd-Tab overlay? is annoying, but I can live with it. What I cannot live with is the very same problem, but happening when switching input sources, aka keyboard layouts. I use multiple keyword layouts and I need to switch them 500 times per day, reliably. I'm using this key to do that:

key

The issue is that in like half of the times I want to switch input sources, which is typically when I'm typing, the "mouse" cursor is parked in a position on the screen which interferes with the input source switching overlay, causing the wrong layout to be chosen and driving me completely mad. What can I do to ban the cursor from ruining my life? Thanks!

dialog

Honza Javorek
  • 285

2 Answers2

2

As I've never seen a keyboard with that 'globe' on the Fn key to switch layouts, I'm curious as to what your Control panel for it looks like.
System Prefs > Keyboard > Shortcuts > Input Sources.
If that's anything like mine, just switch it to another key command. I use Ctrl/Spacebar & like you I only have 2 languages, so it's a simple flip between the two.

enter image description here

This produces no screen overlay, but if you have the language menu bar item, you see the flags switch.

Tetsujin
  • 115,663
  • 1
    Thanks, this seems like a viable solution, although it involves pressing more keys instead of one. The fn/globe key is on the M1s. Having macOS Big Sur, when I hold Ctrl for a while and only then press the space bar, the overlay shows. But if I do it just quick, it doesn't show. – Honza Javorek Jan 26 '21 at 18:14
  • The preferences actually look the same. The fn/globe key isn't mentioned at all in the dialog you show and both these ways to change input sources seem to work out of the box. – Honza Javorek Jan 26 '21 at 18:18
  • The difference is that Fn/Globe always shows the visual switcher immediately (thus causing the described UX bug). The control + space shortcut shows the visual switcher only when you hold the control key about 500ms longer thus sortof avoiding the problem. It is odd, kinda stupid, but helps. – kub1x Apr 26 '22 at 19:13
0

There's also an option to use Caps lock without overlay in Keyboard/Input Sources settings. But only when switching between Latin and non-Latin layouts.

enter image description here

MacOS Big sur

Tom Gewecke
  • 20,864
Danil
  • 101