Keyboard layout indicator

[oleg-sgh]

Hello. Is it possible to add a keyboard layout indicator when enabling a layout other than the default one?

[jonaskohl]

Doesn't Windows already come with an input indicator?

[oleg-sgh]

Doesn't Windows already come with an input indicator?

It is very small and not noticeable. It would be nice if there would be the same notification with a different layout. I use the on-screen notification mode when Num Lock, Caps Lock, and Scroll Lock are on.

[jonaskohl]

I have taken another look at it and implementing this seems to be a huge undertaking, as there is a) no managed function to retrieve the current keyboard layout, so p/invoking would be necessary and b) the keyboard layout is set on a per-thread basis, thus making it really difficult to retrieve the keyboard layout for any given process.

[oleg-sgh]

I now have a homemade app on AutoHotkey. A narrow red stripe above the taskbar if a different layout. Maybe something will help.

Color1 := "0x0C0BC0", Color2 := "f00000",  x := 0, y := 718, w := 1400, h := 6
loop
{
  If (InputLayout() = "English")
  {
    Gui, +AlwaysOnTop -Caption +ToolWindow +LastFound
    Gui, Color, % Color2
    Gui, Show, x%x% y%y% w%w% h%h% NA
  }
  else
    Gui Destroy
    sleep, 50
}
InputLayout()
{
  ThreadID := DllCall("GetWindowThreadProcessId", "Int", WinExist("A"), "Int", 0)
  HKL := DllCall("GetKeyboardLayout", "uint", ThreadID, "UShort")
  VarSetCapacity(sKbd, 260, 0)
  DllCall("GetLocaleInfo", "uint", HKL
    , "uint", 0x1001
    , "str",  sKbd
    , "uint", 260)
  Return sKbd
}
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[jonaskohl]

The key components seem to be GetWindowThreadProcessId, GetKeyboardLayout and GetLocaleInfo. I will put this on my backlog, although with low priority. Meanwhile, this will be available for anyone who is interested; pull requests are welcome!

[oleg-sgh]

Thanks

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