Force Keyboard effects other windows

[JLoun]

No sure if it's Alfred's problem, but at least it's not happening with Spotlight. 

 

Here's my scenario:

 

1. Choose "ABC"(English) keyboard as the "Force Keyboard" in Alfred.

2. Checked "Automatically switch to a document's input method" in OS X's Keyboard preference.

3. Use a Chinese IME in TextEdit.

 

The problem is, whenever I use opt+space to activate Alfred, then switch back to the previous TextEdit window to resume typing, the IME got switched to "ABC", hence Alfred's Force Keyboard. I think the problem appeared in recent versions, although not sure which one. 

 

I'm using Mac OS 10.11.2 with Alfred 2.8.1. 

 

 

[Vero]

No sure if it's Alfred's problem, but at least it's not happening with Spotlight. 

 

Here's my scenario:

 

1. Choose "ABC"(English) keyboard as the "Force Keyboard" in Alfred.

2. Checked "Automatically switch to a document's input method" in OS X's Keyboard preference.

3. Use a Chinese IME in TextEdit.

 

The problem is, whenever I use opt+space to activate Alfred, then switch back to the previous TextEdit window to resume typing, the IME got switched to "ABC", hence Alfred's Force Keyboard. I think the problem appeared in recent versions, although not sure which one. 

 

I'm using Mac OS 10.11.2 with Alfred 2.8.1. 

 

Take a look at this page for info on how to tell Alfred which language you want him to use:

https://www.alfredapp.com/help/troubleshooting/keyboard-language/

 

(Note: The page hasn't been formally updated for 10.11 El Capitan so don't hesitate to ask if you have any questions. I'll be updating that page shortly )

[JLoun]

Take a look at this page for info on how to tell Alfred which language you want him to use:

https://www.alfredapp.com/help/troubleshooting/keyboard-language/

 

(Note: The page hasn't been formally updated for 10.11 El Capitan so don't hesitate to ask if you have any questions. I'll be updating that page shortly )

 

Thanks for your reply, but I'm don't think the page solved my problem. For one thing, I NEED the "Automatically switch to a document's input method" box to be checked. 

 

Let me further describe the way I use Alfred: 

 

I have three windows with different language settings, 1) TextEdit, always in Chinese; 2)Alfred, always in English; 3) Dictionary.app, always in English. (I must reiterate that, this is the way it used to be, and I started to have this problem only with the recent few versions of Alfred.)

 

While typing Chinese in TextEdit, I might want to Google something, so I use opt+space to activated Alfred, type in English keyword, then ctrl+enter to let Alfred send me to Chrome. 

 

Now, I understand that if I've let the "Automatically switch to a document's input method" box unchecked, whenever I switch back to TextEdit, the language will still be Chinese. But the problem is, I also want to keep the search box of Dictionary.app in English. Uncheck "Automatically switch to a document's input method" means, I will have to manually switch to English every time I use Dictionary.app. And that's really inconvenient. 

[deanishe]

The problem might be that recent versions of Alfred use a different focus mode.

 

Try changing the Focusing in Alfred Preferences > Appearance > Options to Compatibility Mode.

 

 

That will make Alfred take focus the old-fashioned way.

[JLoun]

 

The problem might be that recent versions of Alfred use a different focus mode.

 

Try changing the Focusing in Alfred Preferences > Appearance > Options to Compatibility Mode.

 

 

That will make Alfred take focus the old-fashioned way.

 

 

That seems to be it, much appreciated!