Input Keyboard language

[Guest]

I normaly use the Dvork keyboard layout, but others who use the computer use
the Qwerty layout. I have both keyboard layouts setup on the computer, but I
leave the Qwerty one as the default (as a courtasy to the others who use the
computer), but I have found that I have to enable the Dvork layout for each
and every program that I use, and if I close it, then I have to reenable it.
Enabling it is a pain when I'm trying to work quickly with many different
programs. Is there a way to enable the keyboard layout only once when I
login, and that way it will be active for all of the programs that I use?

 

[Galen]

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I normaly use the Dvork keyboard layout, but others who use the
computer use the Qwerty layout. I have both keyboard layouts setup on
the computer, but I leave the Qwerty one as the default (as a
courtasy to the others who use the computer), but I have found that I
have to enable the Dvork layout for each and every program that I
use, and if I close it, then I have to reenable it. Enabling it is a
pain when I'm trying to work quickly with many different programs. Is
there a way to enable the keyboard layout only once when I login, and
that way it will be active for all of the programs that I use?

I have NOT tried this... So bear with me... (I'm assuming you mean DVORAK?)

Open the regional and language settings.
Click on the Languages tab
Click on Details
Click Add
Add the DVORAK keyboard that way
Then under (same tab and button) you'll see "Key Settings"
Click that - mine is set (and probably defaults to) LEFT ALT + SHIFT to
switch between the keyboard layouts

I use this to switch between the US keyboard and the US-International
keyboard so that I can type the international symbols and use the ², ³, ?,
¼, ½, etc. Except, well, now I leave it set to just the US-International
layout as I've become acclimated to pressing the ' and then the space to
avoid typing stuff like (...wë.) instead of (...we.") and if it's not the
international layout I get confused.

Using this method switches the keyboard's layout (not the application
itself) at the OS level and is pretty simple to use for what I do. I can't
say that I've ever tried it with your layout as I stick to QWERTY. That's
how I switch the layout and it works with this so I'm inclined to believe it
will work the same way with DVORAK settings or any other language layout.

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[Guest]

In Mythos had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:


I have NOT tried this... So bear with me... (I'm assuming you mean DVORAK?)

Yes, that's what I mean. I had been up for many many hours when I wrote the
message.

Open the regional and language settings.
Click on the Languages tab
Click on Details
Click Add
Add the DVORAK keyboard that way
Then under (same tab and button) you'll see "Key Settings"
Click that - mine is set (and probably defaults to) LEFT ALT + SHIFT to
switch between the keyboard layouts

I use this to switch between the US keyboard and the US-International
keyboard so that I can type the international symbols and use the ², ³, ?,
¼, ½, etc. Except, well, now I leave it set to just the US-International
layout as I've become acclimated to pressing the ' and then the space to
avoid typing stuff like (...wë.) instead of (...we.") and if it's not the
international layout I get confused.

Using this method switches the keyboard's layout (not the application
itself) at the OS level and is pretty simple to use for what I do. I can't
say that I've ever tried it with your layout as I stick to QWERTY. That's
how I switch the layout and it works with this so I'm inclined to believe it
will work the same way with DVORAK settings or any other language layout.

That is how I have it setup, regretably, any new program (or window for that
matter) that I open, always reverts back to Qwerty, and I have to do that
switch again. I have it setup that way on all three of my windows install (2
XP Home, and 1 XP Prof) and it's the same on each one.