That light is for those who write looking at the keyboard.
Those who look at the screen while typing can clearly see the CAPS In my opinion, the new indicator is useless for both categories.
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Caps lock icon?
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Those who look at the screen while typing can clearly see the CAPS In my opinion, the new indicator is useless for both categories.
i don't care if apple sets it on by default, just feel that we need that option to disable it...
Apparently the light on the caps lock isnt enough for people to know when it is on or off....not to mention the fact that when they type...THEY WILL KNOW!!!
I am on DAY 1.... AND I AM ALREADY GOING CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This MUST be deliberate torture.
NOBODY could possibly be stupid enough to think that ANYONE would want this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Somebody call Tim Cook and have him put every Apple employee on the task of getting his stupid, distracting, annoying bubble off the screen immediately!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This MUST be deliberate torture.
NOBODY could possibly be stupid enough to think that ANYONE would want this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Somebody call Tim Cook and have him put every Apple employee on the task of getting his stupid, distracting, annoying bubble off the screen immediately!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YES! It has affect ALL of my NON-APPLE APPS!!!!! I AM FURIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!! THIS IS RIDICULOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What can we do about this???? I am losing my mind!!!!!!!!!!
Until Apple does something about it (which is unlikely to happen anytime soon), try to disable your Caps Lock key entirely:
System Settings > Keyboard > Keyboard Shortcuts > Modifier Keys; set Caps Lock to No Action.
I always have it disabled as otherwise I constantly activate it by pressing accidentally.
The Shift key is sufficient for my capitalizing needs. But I do realize that if you actually do need Caps Lock key to type in caps frequently then it can be an issue.
Manager:
Manager:
"Listen CapsLock Dev, your numbers last year look really bad. People aren't engaging enough with their CapsLock key. Tim wants to see growth. Federighi wants new features added every quarter."
CapsLock Dev:"But..."
Manager:"No Buts. This order comes straight from up top."
CapsLock Dev:"What about the people who know how to type and don't want—"
Manager:"NO BUTS!!!"
CapsLock Dev:"What if the big annoying icon gets in people's way, or distracts them?"
Manager:"We asked 4 random grandmas who use iPads to type emails and they said they liked this feature"
CapsLock Dev:"Well, ok, but shouldn't we make it optional? Advanced users should be able to keep the current—"
Manager:"No way! Options just confuse our users. They only know how to watch TikToks and send iMessages."
CapsLock Dev:"Ugh. How's this then?
"Perfect. Ship it!"
You forgot to add in that the CapsLock Dev must make sure that this new "feature" gets activated in EVERY application, including ALL purchased software programs that are not even made by Apple!!!
And also, make sure that the caps lock icon is so large, that it prevents people from reading the line below whatever they are editing.
And, make sure the icon flashes on and off, to cause the most amount of distraction possible.
A first step, the caps lock icon is in /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/EFILogin.framework/Versions/A/Resources/EFIResourceBuilder.bundle/Contents/Resources/loginui_password_capslock.png
Now we have to figure out how (probably) HIToolbox controls it
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The indicator shows centered in a Parallels VM window, which becomes very annoying to work around. I use software that required text input as CAPS so this is forcing me to adjust ways. Seems sloppy as it seems like testing with a Virtual Machine was overlooked..
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It might have been just a glitch on my Mac. I couldn't get it to work again. Sometimes, just after login, the caps and language icons are not displayed.
I think the are controlled by the CursorUIViewService process. While com.apple.TextInputSwitcher and com.apple.TextInputMenuAgent are present in Monterey and Ventura, CursorUIViewService appears only in Sonoma.
/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/TextInputUIMacHelper.framework/Versions/A/XPCServices/CursorUIViewService.xpc/Contents/MacOS/CursorUIViewService
I can stop and disable com.apple.TextInputSwitcher and com.apple.TextInputMenuAgent, but I can’t find what starts CursorUIViewService or how to disable it. Nor could I find any preferences related to CursorUIViewService.
Maybe someone else has better luck.
Setting “Change input language” to the Fn
It seems to be working. I don’t know JavaScript, but testing in a virtual machine I get that it creates the folder /Library/Preferences/FeatureFlags/Domain then a file UIKit.plist with this content
Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>redesigned_text_cursor</key>
<dict>
<key>Enabled</key>
<false/>
</dict>
</dict>
</plist>Reboot and CursorUIViewService is no longer active, the caps lock and languages icons are no longer displayed.
Same solution, but from Terminal:
Tested and working on MBA M1 Sonoma 14.0 (23A344)
Code:
sudo mkdir -p /Library/Preferences/FeatureFlags/Domain
sudo /usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Add 'redesigned_text_cursor:Enabled' bool false" /Library/Preferences/FeatureFlags/Domain/UIKit.plistTested and working on MBA M1 Sonoma 14.0 (23A344)
Yes, it works. I have also lost the icon, but the spotlight field for example has moved to the left relative to the center of the screen
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You can press Command (⌘) and drag the Spotlight window with the mouse wherever you like on the screen. The position should be remembered.Yes, it works. I have also lost the icon, but the spotlight field for example has moved to the left relative to the center of the screen
Makes me wonder if there are other useful UI options that can be defined in this plist? I couldn't find any info.
As it should be. You all are crazy!
Anyway, I also like the language/keyboard indicator.