Selected-language indication where you are looking
The input language on the cursor and the active keyboard layout stay next to the pointer, without a menu-bar check or separate widget.
Keyboard layout indication shows the active layout before you type: EN, RU, NL, DE, and other system input sources.
macOS installation
This is the standard Gatekeeper screen for apps downloaded outside the App Store. You only need to allow the LangCursor installer manually once.
Click Download, open the LangCursor Installer.pkg file, and wait for the macOS warning.
If macOS says the file was not opened, click Done instead of Move to Trash.
Open System Settings → Privacy & Security, scroll to Security, and click Open Anyway next to the installer.
Click Allow in the system dialog, then click Continue in the installer and follow the normal installation steps.
The input language on the cursor and the active keyboard layout stay next to the pointer, without a menu-bar check or separate widget.
The standard arrow visually leans in a way that feels more natural for the right hand. If you work with the left hand, LangCursor can enable a left-handed cursor mode and mirror the pointer across the vertical axis so direction feels more natural while the language badge stays readable.
Choose a primary input source and a delay in seconds. If the whole timer passes after the last key press, LangCursor switches macOS back to that layout. Any new key press restarts the countdown.
Free version
The free edition is available for both systems. Both apps indicate the current input language and active keyboard layout on the system cursor, return to your selected primary language after keyboard inactivity, and keep working after informational reminders. The free editions do not include left-handed cursor mode.
The Mac edition uses native system cursors and includes launch at login and automatic updates. It has no left-handed cursor mode.
Free download for macOSThe Windows 10/11 x64 edition includes four badge styles, launch at startup, and automatic updates. It has no left-handed cursor mode. Extract the ZIP and run LangCursorFreeWin.exe.
Free download for WindowsHow it helps
The current-language indicator stays next to the cursor and helps prevent text typed in the wrong layout.
Avoid running commands in the wrong layout. See the language before you type, not after the mistake.
Stop checking the menu bar before every password. Just look at the cursor and type.
Avoid writing code in the wrong layout. No more broken class names and operators.
No more "Ghbdtn, rfr ltkf?". Move between tasks without constantly checking your input language.
Cursor styles
A colored badge with a short selected-language label such as En, Ru, NL, or DE
A minimal color indicator without text
A more visible option for maximum clarity
Keeps the default system cursor unchanged
How it works
LangCursor runs as a standard macOS app without opening extra windows.
Reads the active system input source and immediately updates the keyboard-layout label on the cursor.
Uses the system cursor instead of drawing a fake overlay.
Restore the default cursor, enable launch at login, and switch on a mirrored cursor mode for left-handed use whenever you need it.
Guides
Practical guides to keyboard-layout indicators, selected-language display, input-language switching, primary-layout auto-return, and left-handed cursors.
How to catch the layout before you type text, commands, or passwords.
Indicator Keyboard layout indicator on cursorWhy EN/RU, NL, DE, and other labels on the pointer are easier to notice than a menu bar icon.
Left-handed Left-handed cursor on MacWhen a mirrored cursor helps left-handed Mac work feel more natural.
Mirrored cursor Mirror a cursor for the left handWhat a mirrored pointer changes and why it is not just a cursor theme.
FAQ
There is no fixed language list. LangCursor reads the selected system input source and creates a short label automatically, for example En, Ru, NL, DE, FR, ES, PT, JA, HI, AR, 简, or 繁. If the source exposes no recognizable language code, the badge shows ??.
14 days or 500 layout switches. After the limit, the system cursor is restored and the dialog offers a direct license purchase or support contact.
Yes. LangCursor can enable a mirrored cursor for left-handed use: the arrow is reflected across the vertical axis so the direction feels more natural for the left hand, while the language badge remains readable.
You choose a primary layout and a timer. The countdown starts after the last key press, restarts on every new key press, and switches only after the full period passes without keyboard activity.
LangCursorFree is available for macOS and LangCursorFreeWin for Windows 10/11 x64. Both are free, keep working after their reminder limit, show the layout badge, and include primary-layout auto-return. Neither includes left-handed cursor mode.
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