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The British - Microsoft keyboard layout on MacOS has no icon/flag associated with it, so when using this layout with my Windows keyboard I either have to display the full text of the input name, or have an empty space where the icon should be.

Here's a screen shot showing an icon in the space:

MacOS keyboard input switcher icon

I'd like to fix it with my own icon (probably a Windows logo over a Union Jack). How can I do this?

Related but not the same as What is the location of flag icons for Input method on Mac OS X? which covers the location, which may or may not be some dat files. I borrowed the image above from that question.

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  • Perhaps the patcher linked in that relevant question can be re-configured to your needs? Did you download it to see what's possible?
    – Saaru Lindestøkke
    Jul 2, 2019 at 8:29
  • The patcher is all in Chinese, but appears to just replace the American flag with an old version. I don't really want to use an unknown binary to patch system files.
    – dunxd
    Jul 3, 2019 at 9:56

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I fixed the issue by following instructions at https://saltesta.com/hack/customizing-mac-input-source-icon/

In summary these are:

  1. Create an ICNS file of the correct dimensions (16x16,32x32,48x48 etc) from an image you want to use. I used https://anyconv.com/png-to-icns-converter/ to convert a PNG I created to ICNS. If you don't make the image a square, the conversion doesn't work.
  2. Use Ukulele to create a new Input Source from an existing one, and use the ICNS file.
  3. Save the .bundle file to ~/Library/Keyboard Layouts/
  4. Run open ~/Library/Keyboard\ Layouts/
  5. Restart your Mac

You can then have an Input Source with an icon you like.

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