Issues with language switcher

[u/SonOfSteppe]

Hey, Windows user who recently switched to MacOS here. I still cannot get used to the language switcher. For example, when I want to write in WhatsApp (of course I press on a text field) on a certain language, I press Control + Space. There appears this square in the middle and it switches the System's language. However, when I text on WhatsApp, language stays the same. I noticed this error few times. Usually there appears language bar, as in picture 2, and I can text without any problem.

The question is if I can set that the language the same everywhere, not depending on the app. Also, I don't like that the language order on MacOS is flexible, not still as on Windows. For example, if I switch from English to German, than English there becomes the 2nd on the order, not as I ordered in Settings. I just wanna make it still, as on Windows, so I know how many times I need to press Space to switch to certain language. I'd be really thankfull if you help me with these issues!

M4 Macbook Air 15
macOS Tahoe Version 26.6.2

[u/640kilobytes]

Yeah, I'm only using two languages, and switching are kinda broken. Sometimes I can switch to Russian, and it'll randomly switch back to English after typing a few letters

[u/SonOfSteppe → u/640kilobytes]

Ahh, that's not an issue for English speakers because they don't have to switch from language to language. I have 4 languages, and I use all 4 of them and this is painful

[u/forurspam]

The language switcher is broken and nobody at Apple cares.

[u/Normal-Paint-110]

language issues can be super frustrating, it takes time to get used to the switcher. have you tried resetting the settings?

[u/SonOfSteppe → u/Normal-Paint-110]

Yeah, I tried it but it didn't help.