Specify a Default Input Method - Amazon AppStream 2.0

Specify a Default Input Method

To specify a default input method to be used in your users’ streaming sessions, perform the following steps.

Note

If you plan to configure the display language, and you want the input method and display language to match, you do not need to change the input method. Changing the display language in Windows also automatically changes the user locale and input method to match the language and region of the display language. If you want all three settings to match, you do not need to separately change the user locale or input method.

  1. Connect to the image builder that you want to use and sign in with an account that has local administrator permissions. To do so, do either of the following:

    • Use the AppStream 2.0 console (for web connections only)

    • Create a streaming URL (for web or AppStream 2.0 client connections)

      Note

      If the image builder that you want to connect to is joined to an Active Directory domain and your organization requires smart card sign in, you must create a streaming URL and use the AppStream 2.0 client for the connection. For information about smart card sign in, see Smart Cards.

  2. On the image builder desktop, choose the Windows Start button, and choose Control Panel.

  3. Choose Clock, Language, and Region, then Language, Add a language.

  4. Choose a language, and choose Add.

    Note

    Currently, AppStream 2.0 supports only English (United States) and Japanese.

  5. The language that you chose appears in the list of languages you added to Windows.

  6. Choose Advanced Settings. Under Override for default input method, choose the input method for the language you added.

  7. Choose Save.

  8. Log off and log in again. To do so, choose the Windows Start button on the image builder desktop. Choose ImageBuilderAdmin, Sign out. When prompted, log in as Administrator.

  9. If required, configure additional default regional or language settings. Otherwise, on the image builder desktop, open Image Assistant and install and configure applications for streaming.

  10. In Step 2 of the Image Assistant process, choose Save settings.

  11. Follow the necessary steps in Image Assistant to finish creating your image. For information about how to create an image, see Tutorial: Create a Custom AppStream 2.0 Image by Using the AppStream 2.0 Console.

  12. Do one of the following:

  13. Associate your fleet with the stack that is assigned to the users for whom you are configuring the default settings.

    The default input method that you configured is applied to the fleet instances and user streaming sessions that are launched from those instances.

Note

Your users can change their input method from the default setting that you configured to any one of nine different supported input methods. They can configure this setting by configuring their regional settings during application streaming sessions, as described in Enable Your AppStream 2.0 Users to Configure Their Regional Settings. Also, if a user previously selected an input method when streaming from any fleet instance in the same Region, that user-specified setting automatically overrides any default input method that you specify through your image builder.