International Language Environments Guide

Input Mode Switch Key Sequences

You can change the current input mode to a new input mode by using the key sequences listed in Table 5–1. The only restriction for using these key sequences is that if you are in one of the Asian input modes, you need to switch back to English/European input mode by pressing Control and spacebar together. Once you are in the English/European input mode, you can switch freely to any other input mode by using the key sequences.

The following key sequences show how to switch to Cyrillic from the English/European input mode:

Table 5–1 Input Mode Switch Key Sequences

Key Sequences 

Input Mode 

Control + Spacebar

English/European 

Compose c c

Cyrillic 

Compose g g

Greek 

Compose a r

Arabic 

Compose h h

Hebrew 

Compose t t

Thai 

Compose h i

Hindi 

Compose j a

Japanese 

Compose k o

Korean 

Compose s c

Simplified Chinese 

Compose t c

Traditional Chinese 

Compose h k

Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong) 

Compose u o

Unicode octal code input method 

Compose u h

Unicode hexadecimal code input method 

Compose l l

Table lookup input method