Bind each keyboard layout to keys combination

Question

There is a nice possibility to bind each keyboard layout to separate keys combination and switch between them.

So you can assign, for instance, shortcut Alt-Shift-0 to "Select English", Alt-Shift-1 to "Select German", Alt-Shift-2 to "Select Arabic".

How to make this on MacOS 10.7.4?

Answer 1

Hurray! I found a way:

1. Add layouts in side bar
2. create an applescript

like this:

on changeKeyboardLayout(layoutName)
tell application "System Events" to tell process "SystemUIServer"
    tell (1st menu bar item of menu bar 1 whose description is "text input") to {click, click (menu 1's menu item layoutName)}
end tell
end changeKeyboardLayout

changeKeyboardLayout("US Extended")

3.Save it in /Library/Scripts

4.Bind it to the keys combination using FastScript

Answer 2

Easiest way - use free utility Kawa

It solves topickstarter request exactly ("to bind each keyboard layout to separate keys combination and switch between them.")

brew install --cask kawa

Answer 3

1. Go to System Preferences > Language and Text > Input Sources.
2. Select whatever layouts you want in the sidebar.
3. You can switch between the layouts using the shortcut using command + [ or command + ].
4. If you want to change the shortcut, go to the Keyboard preference pane > Keyboard Shortcuts > Keyboard and Text Input.
5. Here you can change the shortcuts for “Select the next input source” and “Select the previous input source”.

Answer 4

I have improved this script

you could find your answer below

how to specify the keyboard layout or called input source with shortcut/