Mapping keys to set different input languages on macOS
2021-08-15
Prerequisite
Final Goal
- Press
Left Command to set Mac's input method to English.
- Press
Right Command to set Mac's input method to Korean.
- Any other shortcut combinations would perform as usual.
Instructions
- Go to
~/.config/karabiner/assets/complex_modifications. You can click Command+Shift+G within Finder to open a goto window.
- Create a JSON file like the following here (open any text editor and save it as
filename.json).
- Go to
Karabiner-Elements.app → Complex Modifications and press add rules.
- Click the rules that you want to enable. The above text file will show under
Multilingual Input Methods.
{
"title": "Multilingual Input Methods",
"rules": [
{
"description": "R Command to 한글",
"manipulators": [
{
"type": "basic",
"from": {
"key_code": "right_command",
"modifiers": { "optional": ["any"] }
},
"to": [{ "key_code": "right_command", "lazy": true }],
"to_if_alone": [
{
"select_input_source": { "language": "^ko$" }
}
]
}
]
},
{
"description": "L Command to English",
"manipulators": [
{
"type": "basic",
"from": {
"key_code": "left_command",
"modifiers": { "optional": ["any"] }
},
"to": [{ "key_code": "left_command", "lazy": true }],
"to_if_alone": [
{
"select_input_source": { "language": "^en$" }
}
]
}
]
}
]
}
Configuring more languages
Update Mar 7th, 2022