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I have to change my language option very often. It is hard when I write something with combination of both "English" & "Bangla", because I have to change that option rapidly.

Is there any way to set a keyboard shortcut, so that I can change my language option by it while typing?

I am using MacBook Pro with OS X.

Here is a screen shot:

Screen Shot of my Preference:

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Tulon
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Go to System Preferences → Keyboard → Shortcuts → Input Sources and define a keyboard shortcut there. As you only have two sources, set a single shortcut for one of the options, then pressing the shortcut will toggle the input sources.

grg
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  • Thanks for your comment. :) But unfortunate thing is there is no **"Input Sources"** option in my "Keyboard" section, in preference. :( Watching your interface it seems like you are not using OSX 10, isn't it? Can you have any solution for OSX 10? I am attaching the screen shot of "Preference" to my main question. Please take have a look. – Tulon Jun 18 '14 at 11:04
  • @Tulon In Mountain Lion, the default keyboard shortcut for switching input sources is predefined as ⌥⌘Space. Going from memory, I believe the way to change it on 10.8 is in System Preferences → Language & Text → Input Sources → Input source shortcuts. – grg Jun 18 '14 at 11:14
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    Yes, i got it. After going to: `Preferences → Language & Text → Input Sources → Input source shortcuts` I see that the remain 2 options there: 01. "Select previous input source ⌘Space" & 02. "Select next input source in menu ⌥⌘Space" are disabled. Because these two shortcut was used for **"Searching Spot light"**. After change this shortcut now it's working. Thanks a lot @George Garside. Have a nice day. Take my hug. :) – Tulon Jun 18 '14 at 11:33
  • ... for who didn't figure out already, it's possible keep just one of the shortcut bindings and cycle through the different choices (e.g. if one has 3 or more input sources), selecting the desired one: **just hold `control` (`^`)** and press `space` repeatedly for cycling to the next keyboard layout. – Kamafeather Aug 28 '19 at 09:29
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grgarside's answer was great.

Here is an another solution for multilingual user. If you want to switch among three or more input methods quickly or switching to a specific input method by shortcut directly, you may try IMEShortcuts (disclaimer: I'm the IMEShortcuts creator)

It allows you map a shortcut to a input method. You can switch to a specific method immediately by you-defined shortcut without using cmd+space to rotate input methods. It works well on OSX 10.9 ~ 10.12.

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Please have a try, I'm glad to hear your feedback. Thanks

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rock9c
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    The original site went down, the link has been replaced to the most recent usuable version archive.org has available. The description only mentions macOS 10.10-10.12 though, so the utility may or may not work with more recent versions. – nohillside Apr 29 '19 at 09:51
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    This is what I was looking for, making sure to be on a certain language no matter what the state currently is. I often don't know which language I'm on. So telling which language is faster than toggling. – Cornelius Roemer Feb 01 '21 at 13:21
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If you are using Apple's Bangla keyboard, you can type English by holding down the Option/alt key. If you are using Bangla Qwerty, you can do this by pressing the Caps Lock key.

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Example configuration for Karabiner

{
  "title": "select_input_source example",
  "rules": [
    {
      "description": "Change input source by ctrl + 1/2/3 en/es/zh",
      "manipulators": [
        {
          "type": "basic",
          "from": {
            "key_code": "1",
            "modifiers": {
              "mandatory": [
                "control"
              ]
            }
          },
          "to": [
            {
              "select_input_source": {
                "input_source_id": "^com\\.apple\\.keylayout\\.ABC$"
              }
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "type": "basic",
          "from": {
            "key_code": "2",
            "modifiers": {
              "mandatory": [
                "control"
              ]
            }
          },
          "to": [
            {
              "select_input_source": {
                "input_source_id": "^com\\.apple\\.keylayout\\.Latin*"
              }
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "type": "basic",
          "from": {
            "key_code": "3",
            "modifiers": {
              "mandatory": [
                "control"
              ]
            }
          },
          "to": [
            {
              "select_input_source": {
                "language": "zh*"
              }
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

based on https://ke-complex-modifications.pqrs.org/#example_select_input_source

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Follow the bellow steps for macOS Ventura:

  1. Go to your system settings.
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  2. First add the input resource.
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  3. Now add the newly added input source with custom keyboard shortcuts.
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  4. Done. Now type your keyboard shortcuts and see if the input sources are toggling properly.

Tulon
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Open System Preference and click language and text instead of keyboard. You can find input source there.

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