Windows 10: Is it possible to assign novel keyboard shortcut binds for specific input methods?

I know that I can use Alt+Shift or Windows+Space to cycle through input methods. The problem is that I have SEVEN input methods installed, and it is not possible for me to downsize this number. I use each of these input methods daily or near-daily, and I often need to alternate between them frequently in a short period of time.Is there a way for me to bind specific input methods to novel keyboard shortcuts, instead of only being able to cycle through them with Alt+Shift?For example, if I could set it so that Alt+Shift+J activated my Español keyboard, Alt+Shift+K activated m

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Unable to assign keyboard shortcut to a specific (Slovak QWERTY) keyboard

In the Language Bar Options tab of Advanced Key Settings I have four actions:

Between input languages -> Left Alt+Shift

To English (United States) - US -> Left Alt+Shift+1

To Russian (Russia) - Russian -> Left Alt+Shift+3

To Slovak (Slovakia) - Slovak (QWERTY) -> Left Alt+Shift+2

The switching (AltShift) works without problems for all languages/keyboards. As well the english and russian keyboards work fine. But the slovak keyboard switching (Left Alt+Shitf+2) doesn't work, indefferently of the shortcut I assign to it... I tried Left
Alt+Shift+4.... and so on, but it just wouldn't work.

Later, when I added a German keyboard and assigned it a shortcut, it worked as well. The only keyboard that wouldn't work with shortcut is the Slovak (QWERTY) keyboard. So is this a windows bug or am I doing something wrong here?

 

Exclude specific keyboard layourt from shortcut

Hello rrondo,

Thank you for using Microsoft products and posting to the community.

For your idea I tested it, but unfortunately I found that currently there is no way to do it if you only want to use Shift + alt hotkey to switch between two languages and the third one to adjust it manually.



However, Windows allows you to assign specific hotkeys/shortcuts to switch to a specific keyboard language, e.g. Ctrl + Shift + 1 for English and Alt + Shift + 2 for German etc. I.e. you can assign specific shortcuts for each of your three languages for switching languages, instead of using Shift + alt for switching.



Please click Start - Settings - Time and Language - Input - Advanced Keyboard Settings - Input Language Hotkeys



Check "Between input languages", then click "Change key order", select "Unassigned", click "OK Click "OK". If you don't change this option, you will still switch between the three languages when you press Shift+alt.



After that you can assign shortcuts to other languages by clicking "Change key order". This way you will be able to switch languages with different shortcuts.

Hope you are keeping safe and well. Please feel free to post back if you need further assistance, thanks.

Sincerely

| Microsoft Community Support Specialist

 

Zoom Workplace keyboard shortcut overrides custom Word 365 shortcut

Thank you very much for reaching out! As an Independent Advisor and fellow Microsoft user, I'm more than happy to assist you.



To get control of your custom keyboard shortcut back from Zoom, you can follow these steps:

Step 1: Disable the Keyboard Shortcut in Zoom

1. Open Zoom and sign in to your account.
   
2. Click on your profile picture and select Settings.
   
3. Navigate to Keyboard Shortcuts.
   
4. Find the shortcut for Ctrl+Alt+C and disable it or reassign it to a different key combination.
   

Step 2: Reassign the Keyboard Shortcut in Word 365

1. Open Microsoft Word.
   
2. Click on File in the top-left corner and then select Options.
   
3. In the Word Options window, click on Customize Ribbon.
   
4. Under the "Customize the Ribbon and keyboard shortcuts" section, click the Customize button for "Keyboard shortcuts".
   
5. In the Categories section, select the category that contains the command you want to assign the shortcut to.
   
6. In the Commands section, select the specific command.
   
7. In the Press new shortcut key box, press Ctrl+Alt+C.
   
8. Click Assign and then Close.
   

Step 3: Verify the Shortcut

1. Test the shortcut in Word to ensure it now performs the desired function.
   

Additional Tips

• If the shortcut still does not work, you may need to restart your computer to ensure all changes take effect.
  
• Ensure that no other applications are using the same shortcut, as this can cause conflicts.
  

Please feel free to reach out if you require any additional assistance. I'm here to help!