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switching hardware keyboard language in IOS 9

By Mohammed Al-shara, 17 September, 2015

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iOS and iPadOS

Hi.

in all prior IOS versions you used to be able to switch between language with a bluetooth keyboard with command plus the space bar. In IOS 9, however, this shortcut jumps to spot light search.

anyone knows the new shortcut to switch between languages using a hardware keyboard?

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answering myself

By Mohammed Al-shara

8 years 2 months ago

Hi.

I have found the answer. the new shortcut to switch between languages using a bluetooth keyboard is now ctrl+shift + space.

command + space now activates the spotlight search.

i have a belkin keyboard, and

By me!

8 years 2 months ago

In reply to answering myself by Mohammed Al-shara

i have a belkin keyboard, and i still can't figure out how to change languages since the update. My keyboard doesn't have any control key on it... and of course, the language key doesn't work.

same problem

By bebby

8 years 2 months ago

It's just frustrating how Apple makes accessories so fast absolete and how belkin seems to be unprepared for it. I hope belkin offers a firmware update for this issue.
I also did not find any way to customize the keyboard layout. Any idea?

For Belkin Keyboards

By Meli R.

8 years 2 months ago

The control key should be the language key with the little globe, unless your keyboard has an actual control key.

To switch languages press and hold Ctrl/language + Shift + Space.
When the language selection box pops up you can tap the Language key to move the selction down, or the shift key to move the selection up.

Language options with hardware keyboards.

By raaj

8 years 2 months ago

I have an anker bluetooth keyboard. I can switch languages with the control key on this one. Pressing and holding the control key giving me options.

Raaj.

Same problem

By bgraves

8 years 1 month ago

I also have a Belkin keyboard for my iPad, and just like the other use, the switch language shortcut worked until the most recent update.

On the keyboard, there is a little globe button, but it shares the same key as the colon and semi-colon, so one can't push it without making those punctuation marks.

Any other suggestion on how to do this?

switch language for Belkin keyboard

By cktung

8 years ago

The only solution I found is to call out the soft keyboard Fn-5 and then use the onscreen keyboard to switch language for Belkin keyboard iOS9 if there is no control key.

Solved

By Swissami

7 years 10 months ago

In reply to answering myself by Mohammed Al-shara

You are correct that is the new keyboard shortcut to change language for the ipad with a magic keyboard 2 is ctrl + shift + space. One Caveat - one must be in a text input box/field for it to work. I mention it because I tried it from Safari and it just moved me up one screen, which is also useful if you do not want to reach over and flick back to the post above. Thanks for posting it.

What about Logitech keyboards?

By Victor Tsaran

7 years 7 months ago

So, pressing FN+F5 and then tapping the "next keyboard" button on the touch screen actually works, but rather lengthy. Pressing CTRL+SHIFT+Space does announce keyboard names, but I find that VoiceOver oftentimes announces the wrong language. Not sure if this is a bug with VoiceOver or the shortcut key doesn't work properly. Anyone?

true

By Mohammed Al-shara

7 years 7 months ago

Hi.

yes, your observation is correct. sometimes voiceover announces the wrong language even if you have just 2 enabled. I didn't find a work around other than having to live with it. Maybe others?

You can use just Control + Space bar

By Adam Samec

7 years 3 months ago

Hi,

It's possible to switch between languages just by pressing: Control + Space bar. Shift is not needed.

If pressed once, it will switch the keyboard to the previously used language. Subsequent presses of the same key combination will switch it to the next language in the list in the order set in Settings > General > Keyboard > Keyboards, provided you have not typed any characters in the meantime. Otherwise, it will bring you again to the previously used language. When combined with Shift, it will move in the list in the reverse order.

Holding down the keys of the shortcut will cycle through the list of languages according to the key repeat rate as set in Settings > General > Accessibility > Keyboard > Key Repeat, which will be very fast by default and thus unusable.

At least this is how it works on iPhone with iOS 9.3.3 and Logitech Bluetooth Keyboard K380.

And yes, sometimes it speaks the wrong language while switching it.

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