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Show typing language/layout in the Win10 style language switcher tray item #3956

Open rask opened 1 week ago

rask commented 1 week ago

In Windows 11 I can have two ENG languages set both with different typing languages. In my case the typing languages/layouts are US-ANSI and FI-ISO. When I switch between languages in Windows 11, the tray item flips between showing ENG/US and ENG/FI as expected.

When I use EP to enable the Windows 10 style taskbar and tray (both the vanilla and EP versions), the language switcher does not display the typing language separately anymore. When I use Win+Space to flip between languages, I can't see which typing language I have enabled, meaning I have to use my mouse to open the switcher popup an manually select the one I need or check if the current selection is the right one.

Would it be possible to add typing language indicator to the Win10 language tray item?

Amrsatrio commented 1 week ago

Can you post images to better explain what you mean? I can try to replicate the new features they have added in the 11 taskbar to the 10 (EP) taskbar.

rask commented 1 week ago

Here's EP's Win 10 tray:

Screenshot 2024-11-22 195832

And here's Windows 11's own tray:

Screenshot 2024-11-22 195900

Notice the FI right under ENG denoting which typing layout is picked.

EDIT: here are my Windows language settings

Screenshot 2024-11-22 200320