Distinguish visually between keyboard in different languages on iPad

Originator:radexpl
Number:rdar://21373275 Date Originated:13-Jun-2015 11:16 PM
Status:Open Resolved:
Product:iOS Product Version:iOS 9 (13A4254v)
Classification:UI/Usability Reproducible:Always
 
Built-in keyboards on iPad don’t have any indication of which language is selected.

1. Have two different keyboards on iOS: say, English and Polish
2. Activate the keyboard on an iPhone → the space bar says “space” in English, “spacja” in Polish, giving an indication of which language I’m using
3. Try the same thing on iPad

Expected: The space bar also says “space” in the given language, or there’s some other indication of which language is selected
Actually: Unlike iPhone, iPad keyboards don’t have this tiny useful affordance.

In effect, I often make stupid mistakes when I start typing in English, while my keyboard is set to Polish, or vice versa. Auto-correct is playing tricks on me, and I don’t have any visual indication of the language to quickly switch the keyboard before typing.

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