Keyman doesn’t affect programs that are already running

[hasso]

Steps:
• Configure Keyman not to start automatically
• Log out and in
• Select a Keyman keyboard (e.g. aruamu.kmx; 500 Bytes)
• Open a browser (Edge on Win10; may also affect Firefox on Win11 etc.)
• Start Keyman
• Type +i anywhere in the browser
Expected: +i is converted to ɨ
Actual: +i remains +i
• Close all browser windows and reopen
Result: the keyboard now works as expected

[Marc]

Yeah, if you exit Keyman, you may need to switch a keyboard off and on again for it to reload, if it is already ‘active’.

Keyman is designed to be always running – much like any other input method.

It would be possible to remedy this, but the workaround is as described – swap keyboards back and forth.

Final note – while you can install a .kmx in Keyman for Windows, this is not recommended except for testing, because you don’t get language association, on screen keyboard, or many other features. You should usually install a .kmp file.

[hasso]

Thanks! That’s a reasonable workaround.

I was copying an old, unpublished keyboard from another computer, so didn’t have the .kmp.