topic Re: Problem | US Keyboard keeps coming back when archicad opens in Installation & update

Problem | US Keyboard keeps coming back when archicad opens

archadallas — Wed, 15 Nov 2023 09:25:45 GMT

Hi all,

I am based in the UK and I have two Keyboards, UK and GR. Every time I open the Archicad UKI Solo, US keyboard it appears on my keyboard layout. Does anyone know why this is happening? Is there any setting that enables that and can disable?

Re: Problem | US Keyboard keeps coming back when archicad opens

Erwin Edel — Wed, 22 Mar 2023 13:36:19 GMT

Does this happen when you start the software or while you are using it?

I think there is some key combination in Windows that I kept accidentally hitting (while working in Archicad) to switch keyboard settings too and I managed to turn this off in the windows settings.

It was probably something with holding down SHIFT or CTRL or something silly like that.

Re: Problem | US Keyboard keeps coming back when archicad opens

archadallas — Wed, 22 Mar 2023 13:45:42 GMT

Unfortunately, this happens when starting Archicad. I forgot to mention I am using windows 11. I did also what they mention here: https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Setup-License-forum/Keyboard-language-icon-taskbar/td-p/231666 with no luck.

Re: Problem | US Keyboard keeps coming back when archicad opens

Erwin Edel — Wed, 22 Mar 2023 14:12:53 GMT

The combination I kept hitting is ALT-left and SHIFT for anyone wondering (I just looked it up).

Your keyboard settings can be found at 'language and time/date' or something similar (our Windows is Dutch, so I'm freely translating here), assuming they haven't changed that from WIN10 to WIN11. You can remove the US keyboard from the list, if that layout is never used.

You can also change if certain languages even have a keyboard associated with them.

Re: Problem | US Keyboard keeps coming back when archicad opens

archadallas — Wed, 22 Mar 2023 14:21:03 GMT

Every time that this happens the US language is not showing up under Language and region

To be able to remove it from Keyboards layout I need to add it manually and then remove it again.

Re: Problem | US Keyboard keeps coming back when archicad opens

Erwin Edel — Wed, 22 Mar 2023 14:33:41 GMT

Yep, that looks totally different from WIN10.

We also use the US layout keyboards a lot in the Netherlands (at least I do), so I might not even be noticing a bug if it does occur with WIN10.

I do have Dutch setup with having a 'dutch' US layout keyboard and Czech (my other installed language) as having no keyboard. So you'd think there is still a way to do this in WIN11, unless they removed functionality.

Re: Problem | US Keyboard keeps coming back when archicad opens

archadallas — Mon, 27 Mar 2023 11:25:09 GMT

Unfortunately no luck with anything. In a few weeks, I will have a new Desktop PC and start working on a fresh installation. I will see what will happen there and I hope this problem stops.

Re: Problem | US Keyboard keeps coming back when archicad opens

archadallas — Tue, 25 Apr 2023 11:10:08 GMT

The problem is still there. On a new Desktop with clean Windows 11 pro installation. English UK display language. English UK and Greek keyboards. The moment I start/open Archicad UKI Solo, US keyboard appears but only at the bottom switch Keyboard layout.

Can someone from Graphisoft have a look at that? It's extremely annoying. This is happening only with Archicad App. Is there a setting in Archicad that enables EN-US keyboard as necessary for the shortcuts to work? Can you please find a solution?

Re: Problem | US Keyboard keeps coming back when archicad opens

POOT — Fri, 09 Aug 2024 07:39:03 GMT

I have the same problem.... but with English (Canada) and Danish as my 2 main languages.

Opening ArchiCAD automatically adds another keyboard layout which cannot be removed, which is more than a little inconvenient as I switch between two alphabets frequently.

Also running windows 11, and using several versions of ArchiCAD.

Any fixes for this in ArchiCAD?

Re: Problem | US Keyboard keeps coming back when archicad opens

archadallas — Fri, 09 Aug 2024 07:49:15 GMT

Archicad Team has told me that this will be fixed in version 28. Let's just hope that will be ok when we update.

Re: Problem | US Keyboard keeps coming back when archicad opens

POOT — Fri, 09 Aug 2024 08:00:07 GMT

Ah, OK.

There are other programs which also seemed to have caused similar issues for windows : https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/windows-keeps-automatically-adding-en-us-keyboard/69aaea0d-f588-4d54-89fa-a632ae7bced3?page=16 and some PITA registry fixes, which I would rather not pursue.

fingers crossed. (probably won't be using archicad much longer anyways 🙂

Re: Problem | US Keyboard keeps coming back when archicad opens

Botonis — Fri, 09 Aug 2024 08:50:21 GMT

There is a registry fix for shortcuts in Archicad which is related to the keyboard language. I am also using US and GR but never had a problem like yours.

In any case you can try the following and see if it is related or not:

- Open "Regedit" in the Windows start menu
- Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\GRAPHISOFT\ARCHICAD-64\ARCHICAD-64 xx.0.0 INT R1\KeyMode Shortcuts registry key and change the value of it from 0 to 1

Re: Problem | US Keyboard keeps coming back when archicad opens

archadallas — Fri, 09 Aug 2024 09:01:48 GMT

Hi Botonis, unfortunately this trick doesn't work. You never had a problem because you are using US keyboard already. When I was in Greece and using the Greek version I had US/GR and no problem at all. Now that I am in the UK and I want ot use UK/GR keyboards US is always comes back when opening Archicad. It is an issue and the tech team has already confirmed this bug. They said that will be fixed on version 28.0 so I am just waiting for the release of Archicad 28 and I really hope that this will not be an issue anymore as it is really annoying in everyday use.

Re: Problem | US Keyboard keeps coming back when archicad opens

POOT — Fri, 09 Aug 2024 09:06:32 GMT

Yes, I can confirm that the REGEDIT solution does not work when your default computer language is another English (E.g. UK)

Re: Problem | US Keyboard keeps coming back when archicad opens

Botonis — Fri, 09 Aug 2024 09:10:02 GMT

This fix was related to how shortcuts work when changing keyboard languages. The problem you are having is totally different but I sent it just in case.

Re: Problem | US Keyboard keeps coming back when archicad opens

Botonis — Fri, 09 Aug 2024 10:21:39 GMT

I remember having this issue but not specifically with Archicad but with Windows in general. The UK language was reappering although I had the US set as default with GR as secondary.

I 've searched several users having similar problems in windows 10/11

just check this post with some fixes. I cannot remember which one fixed mine but it feels like it is not an Archicad bug but basically a windows one.

https://thegeekpage.com/fix-windows-keeps-automatically-adding-en-us-keyboard-layout-in-windows-10/

There is a certain order of actions to perform for this problem to stop reappearing.

Re: Problem | US Keyboard keeps coming back when archicad opens

Joshn4u — Wed, 14 Aug 2024 11:07:08 GMT

It sounds like Archicad might be defaulting to the US keyboard layout. You can try this:

Check your Language Settings in Windows.
Remove the US layout if it's there.
Set your preferred layout (UK or GR) as default.

This should stop the US layout from appearing when you open Archicad. Hope this solves it!

Re: Problem | US Keyboard keeps coming back when archicad opens

archadallas — Wed, 14 Aug 2024 11:17:49 GMT

Unfortunately is not working. I have already checked this and as I said previously people from Graphisoft already checked and they confirm that we are talking about a bug. Also as I mentioned before US keyboard is coming back but it doesn't show under Language Settings. For now I have to add it under the settings and then remove it again.