topic Re: Change language while writing messages. in XA Series

Change language while writing messages.

roykela — Wed, 24 May 2017 20:30:07 GMT

Just bought the XA1 today and setting things up.
When i was about to write a message i noticed that i couldn't change language through the on-screen keyboard.
Is that still possible?
I swap between lanugages (Scandinavian languages and English) very frequently and i find that this is extremely inconvenient for me.
Has it been omitted or is it just me who's missing the obvious here?
If i am missing the obvious, how do i change language on the fly?

Re: Change language while writing messages.

CameronT — Thu, 25 May 2017 01:21:11 GMT

Hi @roykela,

It should be. Under Settings > Language & Input, make sure you have the keyboards enabled for each language.

Then, when you are typing a message there should be a keyboard button on the bottom right that you can use to switch between.

Re: Change language while writing messages.

roykela — Thu, 25 May 2017 05:37:41 GMT

Hi and thank you for your reply.

As i had finished writing a response i gave it another whirl.
I managed to solve it.
It seems like when i added Swedish and Norwegian, the keyboard layout set the default to English (UK) layout, instead of Norwegian and Swedish.
As a result the virtual keyboard didn't detect other languages and i couldn't switch.
I tapped the languages and changed the layout to the correct ones and voilà, everything was ok.

What i would recommend (if it's a general thing and not just me being unlucky) is to make the default layout of the keyboard be connected to the actual language being chosen.

So if there are others experiencing the same, here are the steps (for SwiftKey Keyboard):

1. Go to Settings
2. > Languages & Input
3. > Virtual Keyboard
4. > SwiftKey Keyboard
5. > Languages
6. Tap the language(s) you want the layout for
7. Choose your layout
8. When you want to change language while typing, swipe Spacebar on the Virtual Keyboard

So, this case is now solved.

Thank you very much for your help. It made me giving it another go and that solved everything.

Best regards
roykela

Re: Change language while writing messages.

CameronT — Fri, 26 May 2017 01:04:44 GMT

Thank you for letting us know, I have marked it as the solution