Windows 10 Japanese IME is full of great improvement ~ It is also possible to switch in input mode like Mac

The conversion window has a stylish design.Introduced 50 sound touch keyboard layout

　Microsoft Japan Co., Ltd. announced on May 10 that the official blog "Windows Blog for Japan" has improved Japanese input in Windows 10.You can experience it one step ahead of Windows 10 (DEV channel), a preview version of "Windows Insider Program".

Design of conversion window design (preview)

　First, the Japanese IME conversion candidate window was modernized.The new design is in accordance with the design "Fluent Design System" used in recent Microsoft products, featuring acrylic effects such as translucent panels.It also supports the dark (dark) theme, and even though the OS and apps are black -based, only the IME candidate window will not float on a white background.

　Another point is that the menu called "EMOJI and MORE (tentative name)" is added to the lower right of the candidate window.Use this, emoji panel ([Windows] + [[.] You can easily enter emoticons, emoticons, symbols, etc. by accessing the key).In the preview version of Windows 10, the emoticon panel itself has also been extended, so it is possible to search and insert the animation GIF image.

　In addition, the performance has been improved compared to conventional windows.Introducing the product version is a fun improvement.

Introduction of 50 sound touch keyboard layout (preview)

　Next, a 50 -tone layout touch keyboard was added.Click the gear icon on the upper left of the touch keyboard and select [Keyboard Layout] - [Sound 50], the layout of the keyboard will be switched in order.In the case of alphabet mode, the order of ABC from the upper left.If you are not used to the QWERTY array physical keyboard, you may be able to enter and intuitively input.

　By the way, in this layout, as with the other, the mode of moving the cursor by holding a long press of the space key is enabled.In addition, you can enter full -width space by pressing the Space key while pressing the [Shift] key.It may be useful to remember.

Introduction of [A] [A] key (IMEOFF/IMEON key)

　If you are a Mac, you may be used to switching the IME input mode with the [English number] [Kana] key on both sides of the space key.In the Windows environment, the [half -width/full -width] key is used in the upper left of the keyboard, but this key is in the distant place in the upper left and it is difficult to press.In addition, since the input mode is a specification that has a stogle (switching two alternately), "I do not know what the current IME mode is, but I want to make it a [Kana] mode anyway".It is inconvenient in the case of [English number] mode.

　Therefore, the Japanese keyboard sequence of the company's products such as the recent "Surface Laptop Go" and "Designer Wireless Compact Keyboard" has a [A] [A] [A] [A] [A] [A] [A] [A] [A] [A] [A] [A] [A] [A] [A] [A] [A] manner.There is."Designer Wireless Compact Keyboard" is also a favorite, but switching the IME using the [A] [A] key is quite convenient.It is more useful than the [conversion] key, a [no conversion] key, which was useless (for the author) while occupying the prime location next to the space key (for the author).

　Information on virtual keycodes that app developers are interested in are summarized on the company's document page.