Keyboard layout modification: how can I get the Swedish keyboard layout for all languages?

KJswe wrote:

I also type a lot in English and would like to be able to switch the text input language to English (UK) but keep the Swedish keyboard layout when I do so.

Could you explain what exactly does not work right when you try to type English with the Swedish keyboard layout? Is it the spell check/autocorrect? Which app exactly?

(Normally spellcheck for Apple apps is set independently of the keyboard layout).

Any reason you don't just switch back and forth when needed between the layouts?

You can tap on the Globe 🌐 (fn) key to switch layouts on the fly. That way you can type whatever Swedish character you need, then go back to the English if required with a single tap.

System Settings ➜ Keyboard ➜ Press 🌐 Key To... and set it to "Change Input Source".

KJswe wrote:

In the linked thread above, it seems someone wrote code to fix this issue for German. How can I accomplish the same but for Swedish?

Here is the equivalent custom layout for Swedish. It is a Swedish layout tagged as English, so that apps which for some reason switch their behavior according to the keyboard may think it is an English one instead.

KJswe wrote:

One particularly annoying issue that I hope someone at Apple registers is smart quote behaviour. In Swedish writing the standard quote format is 99text99 whereas in English it's 66text99. If I set Swedish style smart quotes then this will carry over to when I type in English. Likewise, if I set English style smart quotes they carry over when I type in Swedish.

The keyboard itself cannot handle that problem. Normally it is done by the app. For example, in Word the quote behavior follows the language keyboard being used, example below.

Are there other problems you have typing English with the Swedish keyboard layout?

Is the main thing you are looking for that the app somehow use English style quotes when you are typing English with the Swedish layout, and then switch to Swedish style quotes when you are typing Swedish with the Swedish layout?

KJswe wrote:

why I am not getting the same result as you?

Word can do it right, but Pages cannot. I doubt that any email or message programs can do it (but I have not tried Outlook). The ability to switch needs to be built into the app.

KJswe wrote:

Perhaps it is possible to write a script instructing Mac OS to switch quotation marks and dashes settings upon switching input language? (... all this whilst also being able to use the Swedish keyboard layout for English language typing.)

I think that is the most likely way to accomplish what you want (aside from first composing in Word or another word processor with similar capabilities). I doubt you will find it in any email, messaging, or slack type app. You might want to ask in this other forum, where there may be more people familiar with scripting of various sorts.

https://apple.stackexchange.com/

PS It looks like the EN-GB keyboard does not trigger Word spell check in the way desired. You can try this other one, which uses the word "British" instead to see if it works.

If you got a warning message about keyboard developers being able to access your typing when you installed those files, that is a an error in Sequoia. It only applies to certain apps. These keyboards are really just text files, you can make them yourself with Ukelele, and the person who makes them has no access to anything. Hundreds have been created over the last 20 years and are in wide use with no problems.

Actually it would be really easy to make another custom layout which puts what is on shift option 2 on a different key if you would like that

KJswe wrote: Would it be possible for you to change the language associated with the custom keyboard to British English?

Try this one, not sure it will work...