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## Switchable keyboard layouts
An example of a switchable keyboard layout between US and RU, where you switch
between them with <key>SUPER</key>+<key>A</key> (<key>SUPER</key>+<key>Ф</key>)
```ini
bind=SUPER,A,exec,hyprctl keyword input:kb_layout ru
bind=SUPER,Cyrillic_ef,exec,hyprctl keyword input:kb_layout us
The easiest way to accomplish this is to set this using XKB settings, for example:
```
input {
kb_layout = us,pl
kb_options = grp:alt_shift_toggle
}
```
You can apply this to any number of languages, mix'n'match, etc.
Please note that if a keyboard layout has a different alphabet, mappings for "a"
"b" "c" will be replaced with mappings from that language. (meaning, e.g.
<key>SUPER</key> + <key>D</key> will not work on a `ru` layout, because the russian layout does not
have a <key>D</key>.)
{{< hint type=important >}}
After Hyprland v0.10.3beta, the above statement may be false. Hyprland (since *after* v0.10.3beta) will now ALWAYS use the global xkb settings for keybind parsing.
Thus, if you have a global layout set to `us`, and per-keyboard layout as `ru`, your keyboard's layout will be russian, but the keybinds will parse based on
the `us` layout (e.g. <key>SUPER</key> + <key>E</key>)
{{< /hint >}}
If you are unsure about the key names of your chosen alphabet, refer to the
[xkbcommon keysym header](https://github.com/xkbcommon/libxkbcommon/blob/master/include/xkbcommon/xkbcommon-keysyms.h).
The keysym name in Hyprland is the XKB define name without the `XKB_KEY_`.
Generally, for switched layouts, it's recommended to bind by a keycode.
{{< hint type=important >}}
For proper switching, or avoiding problems / bugs, it's recommended to switch per-device configs instead of global ones.
The first layout defined in the input section will be the one used for binds.
See [per-device input configs](../Keywords/#per-device-input-configs).
For example: `us,ua` -> config binds would be e.g. `SUPER, A`, while on `ua,us` -> `SUPER, Cyryllic_ef`
{{< /hint >}}