Yeah I want this.
I acquired a keyboard for a language I’m learning and was disappointed that I couldn’t physically switch my hands between keyboards to use the other’s layout. I thought the computer would be smarter, mais non.
I acquired a keyboard for a language I’m learning and was disappointed that I couldn’t physically switch my hands between keyboards to use the other’s layout. I thought the computer would be smarter, mais non.
So you'd have a button for each keyboard layout, and you'd just have to form the habit of smashing the key for e.g. Russian before typing a message in Russian.
For a more complicated solution, I suppose it'd be possible to detect which USB device sent a signal, and use this to detect which keyboard you're using. Maybe there'd need to be a workaround, like hitting Caps Lock on and off so the app has time to react and change the OS keyboard layout, before you type.
If you really want a dedicated keyboard though yeah, would be a bit harder but might be possible to do something with Karabiner as well. The device_if condition might work here: https://karabiner-elements.pqrs.org/docs/json/complex-modifi...
Edit: this might work but I haven’t tried:
{
"manipulators": [
{
"type": "basic",
"from": {
"any": "key_code",
"modifiers": { "optional": ["any"] }
},
"to": [
{ "select_input_source": { "language": "^ja$" } },
{ "from_event": true }
],
"conditions": [
{
"type": "device_if",
"identifiers": [{ "vendor_id": 1111, "product_id": 2222 }]
}
]
}
]
}