icecovery / imeindicator

A better IME indicator for Windows 10/11

IME Indicator

A better IME (Input Method Editor) indicator for Windows 10/11

Features

Have you ever run into this problem before?

Microsoft never fixed it, so I did:

It supports any keyboard layout, it uses ISO-639-1 two-letter language codes to indicate the current keyboard layout.

Quick Start

1. Open setting, go to Personalization - Taskbar, under Notification area, click on Turn system icons on or off.

2. Set Input Indicator to Off.

3. Open IMEIndicator.exe.

4. Enjoy!

Launch on Windows Startup

1. Create a shortcut for IME Indicator.

2. Click Open Startup Folder button in the system tray icon drop down menu, or

3. Alternately, Open %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup in file explorer, or

4. Alternately, type shell:startup in the Run dialog (open by pressing Win + R keys).

5. Move the shortcut to that location.

6. IME Indicator should launch next time you start Windows.

Usage

• Right-click on the system tray icon will display the drop-down menu containing all the options.

• Middle click on the system tray icon will quit the application.

Acknowledgment

Icon text font: Iosevka

Font subset tool: Fonttools

Keyboard hook: Global Low Level Key Board And Mouse Hook

License

MIT License

imeindicator's Issues

The system tray icon will only update when using Win + Space to switch the keyboard

The system tray icon will only update when using Win + Space to switch the keyboard.

Other shortcuts do not work, e.g. Alt + Shift.

Lock the IME

My IME changes by itself whenever I focus on a non-unicode app. Full description here https://superuser.com/questions/1827327/stop-w10-ime-from-changing-when-focused-on-non-unicode-program

I would like it to stay fixed, is this something you can add on? Thanks!

Sorry for this off topic issue.

Hi @Icecovery

Sorry for this issue that is not related to your project, just that I like the pointer that appears in the gif images and I wanted to know if you can share it. Also, can you tell me that app you used to show the red circles every time you click?

It's just those two things. I await your answer 🙂