diff --git a/bin/omarchy-menu-select b/bin/omarchy-menu-select
index b172c44e..de4c4687 100755
--- a/bin/omarchy-menu-select
+++ b/bin/omarchy-menu-select
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 # with same-named rows get the subtext back as the stable key.
 
 # With --multiple, clicking/Enter toggles rows and Apply returns a JSON array.
+# --on-change takes a JSON command array; each toggle runs it with the selection
+# JSON appended, applies immediately, and needs no Apply row.
 # --selected takes a returned value (label plus any subtext), and can be repeated.
 
 set -euo pipefail
@@ -29,6 +31,7 @@ options=()
 menu_width=""
 menu_maxheight=""
 multiple=0
+on_change="[]"
 selected=()
 
 while (( $# > 0 )); do
@@ -36,6 +39,14 @@ while (( $# > 0 )); do
     shift
     while (( $# > 0 )); do
       case "$1" in
+        --on-change)
+          shift
+          if (( $# == 0 )); then
+            echo "omarchy-menu-select: --on-change requires a JSON command array" >&2
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          on_change="$1"
+          ;;
         --multiple)
           multiple=1
           ;;
@@ -97,15 +108,16 @@ payload=$(perl -MEncode=decode -MJSON::PP=encode_json,decode_json -e '
     options => decode_json($ARGV[1]),
     multiple => $ARGV[6] ? JSON::PP::true : JSON::PP::false,
     selected => decode_json($ARGV[7]),
+    onChange => decode_json($ARGV[8]),
     selectionFile => decode("UTF-8", $ARGV[2]),
     doneFile => decode("UTF-8", $ARGV[3])
   };
   $payload->{width} = int($ARGV[4]) if length($ARGV[4] // "");
   $payload->{maxHeight} = int($ARGV[5]) if length($ARGV[5] // "");
   print encode_json($payload)
-' "$prompt" "$options_json" "$selection_file" "$done_file" "$menu_width" "$menu_maxheight" "$multiple" "$selected_json")
+' "$prompt" "$options_json" "$selection_file" "$done_file" "$menu_width" "$menu_maxheight" "$multiple" "$selected_json" "$on_change")
 
-omarchy-shell shell summon omarchy.menu "$payload" >/dev/null
+omarchy-shell shell summon omarchy.menu "$payload" >/dev/null || exit 2
 
 while [[ ! -e $done_file ]]; do
   sleep 0.05
diff --git a/default/hypr/input.lua b/default/hypr/input.lua
index d14dc06d..eca41c01 100644
--- a/default/hypr/input.lua
+++ b/default/hypr/input.lua
@@ -28,6 +28,17 @@ if non_latin_layouts:find(" " .. kb_layout:match("^[^,]*") .. " ", 1, true) then
   kb_options = kb_options .. ",grp:alts_toggle"
 end
 
+-- Saved selections already include their Latin-leading layout. Keep the
+-- installer's layout-switching shortcut when a non-Latin layout remains.
+if not kb_options:find("grp:alts_toggle", 1, true) then
+  for layout in kb_layout:gmatch("[^,]+") do
+    if non_latin_layouts:find(" " .. layout .. " ", 1, true) then
+      kb_options = kb_options .. ",grp:alts_toggle"
+      break
+    end
+  end
+end
+
 hl.config({
   input = {
     kb_layout = kb_layout,
diff --git a/default/input-methods/typing.py b/default/input-methods/typing.py
index a1e727dc..caaa40bd 100644
--- a/default/input-methods/typing.py
+++ b/default/input-methods/typing.py
@@ -30,14 +30,21 @@ def keyboard_selection():
           for index, layout in enumerate(layouts)]
 
 
-def choose(title, catalog, selected):
+def picker_rows(catalog, selected):
   # Current entries stay first, in switching order, followed by the catalog.
   keys = list(dict.fromkeys(selected + sorted(catalog, key=lambda key: catalog[key])))
   labels = {key: catalog.get(key, key) for key in keys}
   counts = Counter(labels.values())
   rows = {key: "\t" + labels[key] + (f" ({key})" if counts[labels[key]] > 1 else "") for key in keys}
+  return rows
+
+
+def choose(title, catalog, selected, kind):
+  catalog = {**catalog, **{key: catalog.get(key, key) for key in selected}}
+  rows = picker_rows(catalog, selected)
   args = ["omarchy-menu-select", title] + list(rows.values())
-  args += ["--", "--multiple", "--width", "620", "--maxheight", "650"]
+  on_change = ["python", str(setup.ROOT / "default/input-methods/typing.py"), "apply", kind, json.dumps(catalog)]
+  args += ["--", "--multiple", "--width", "620", "--maxheight", "650", "--on-change", json.dumps(on_change)]
   for key in selected:
     args += ["--selected", rows[key][1:]]
   result = subprocess.run(args, text=True, capture_output=True)
@@ -87,21 +94,20 @@ def configure_inputs():
   group, layout, items = setup.live_group()
   catalog, available = input_catalog(items)
   current = [name for name, override in items if not name.startswith("keyboard-")]
-  selected = choose("Input Methods", catalog, current)
-  if selected is None:
-    return False
-  missing = [catalog[name] for name in selected if name not in available]
+  choose("Input Methods", catalog, current, "input")
+
+
+def save_inputs(selected):
+  group, layout, items = setup.live_group()
+  catalog, available = input_catalog(items)
+  missing = [catalog.get(name, name) for name in selected if name not in available]
   if missing:
     raise RuntimeError("Restart input after updating Omarchy to use: " + ", ".join(missing))
-  # Abort rather than overwrite a group changed while the picker was open.
-  if setup.live_group() != (group, layout, items):
-    raise RuntimeError("Input settings changed while the menu was open. Please try again.")
   config_home = Path(os.environ.get("XDG_CONFIG_HOME") or str(Path.home() / ".config"))
   for name in selected:
     if name in setup.PRESETS:
       setup.font_default(config_home, name)
   set_inputs(group, layout, items, input_items(items, selected))
-  return True
 
 
 def keyboard_values(selected):
@@ -110,7 +116,7 @@ def keyboard_values(selected):
   parts = [value.split(":", 1) for value in selected]
   # Preserve the installer's Latin-leading rule for desktop keybindings.
   if parts[0][0] in setup.NON_LATIN:
-    parts.insert(0, ["us"])
+    parts = [["us"]] + [part for part in parts if part != ["us"]]
   layouts = ",".join(part[0] for part in parts)
   variants = ",".join(part[1] if len(part) > 1 else "" for part in parts)
   return layouts, variants
@@ -123,16 +129,15 @@ def save_keyboard(selected):
   original = setup.read(path) if path.exists() else None
   group, old_layout, before = setup.live_group()
   group_changed = False
+  previous_errors = setup.run(["hyprctl", "configerrors"])
   try:
     setup.atomic_write(path, f"XKBLAYOUT={layouts}\nXKBVARIANT={variants}\n")
     setup.run(["hyprctl", "reload"])
     errors = setup.run(["hyprctl", "configerrors"])
-    if errors:
+    if errors and errors != previous_errors:
       raise RuntimeError(errors)
-    expected = [part[0] + (":" + part[1] if len(part) > 1 and part[1] else "")
-                for part in [value.split(":", 1) for value in selected]]
-    if selected[0].split(":", 1)[0] in setup.NON_LATIN:
-      expected.insert(0, "us")
+    expected = [layout + (":" + variant if variant else "")
+                for layout, variant in zip(layouts.split(","), variants.split(","))]
     if keyboard_selection() != expected:
       raise RuntimeError("Your personal keyboard layout override takes precedence over this selection")
     first_layout = layouts.split(",")[0]
@@ -152,36 +157,48 @@ def save_keyboard(selected):
       path.resolve().unlink(missing_ok=True)
     else:
       setup.atomic_write(path, original)
-    setup.run(["hyprctl", "reload"])
-    if group_changed:
-      setup.live_set(group, old_layout, before)
+    try:
+      setup.run(["hyprctl", "reload"])
+    finally:
+      if group_changed:
+        setup.live_set(group, old_layout, before)
     raise
 
 
 def configure_keyboard():
   current = keyboard_selection()
   catalog = keyboard_catalog()
-  selected = choose("Keyboard Layouts", catalog, current)
-  if selected is None:
-    return False
-  if keyboard_selection() != current:
-    raise RuntimeError("Keyboard settings changed while the menu was open. Please try again.")
-  save_keyboard(selected)
-  return True
+  choose("Keyboard Layouts", catalog, current, "keyboard")
+
+
+def apply_selection(kind, catalog, values):
+  rows = picker_rows(catalog, [])
+  valid = {row[1:]: key for key, row in rows.items()}
+  if not isinstance(values, list) or any(not isinstance(value, str) or value not in valid for value in values):
+    raise ValueError("The menu returned an invalid selection")
+  selected = list(dict.fromkeys(valid[value] for value in values))
+  if kind == "input":
+    save_inputs(selected)
+  else:
+    save_keyboard(selected)
 
 
 def main():
-  kind = sys.argv[1] if len(sys.argv) == 2 else ""
+  applying = len(sys.argv) == 5 and sys.argv[1] == "apply"
+  kind = sys.argv[2] if applying else sys.argv[1] if len(sys.argv) == 2 else ""
   if kind not in ("input", "keyboard"):
     raise ValueError("Choose keyboard or input setup")
   title = "Input methods" if kind == "input" else "Keyboard layouts"
   try:
-    applied = configure_inputs() if kind == "input" else configure_keyboard()
+    if applying:
+      apply_selection(kind, json.loads(sys.argv[3]), json.loads(sys.argv[4]))
+    elif kind == "input":
+      configure_inputs()
+    else:
+      configure_keyboard()
   except (OSError, ValueError, RuntimeError, subprocess.CalledProcessError) as error:
     subprocess.run(["omarchy-notification-send", title + " could not be updated", str(error)], check=True)
     raise SystemExit(1)
-  if applied:
-    subprocess.run(["omarchy-notification-send", title + " updated", "Use Super + I to switch inputs"], check=True)
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/docs/input-methods.md b/docs/input-methods.md
index 0ab3cda2..3c4dfa67 100644
--- a/docs/input-methods.md
+++ b/docs/input-methods.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ The ISO carries the extra fields in `omarchy_install.input_method` and `omarchy_
 
 `omarchy setup input <engine>` installs the selected engine, restarts the supervised Fcitx unit so it discovers new addons, and appends the engine through `InputMethodGroupInfo`, `SetInputMethodGroupInfo`, and `Save`. It keeps the group name, layout, existing methods, and their layout overrides. There is no parallel unsupervised daemon. A per-user D-Bus activation file delegates `org.fcitx.Fcitx5` to `omarchy-fcitx5.service`; it is loaded before live restart.
 
-`Setup > Typing > Keyboard Layouts` and `Input Methods` use the native menu's multi-select mode, with current entries checked and an explicit Apply row. `default/input-methods/typing.py` reads the Fcitx keyboard catalog (including variants) and the current input group. Input selection replaces only the non-keyboard group items and retains selected engines' layout overrides; deselection does not uninstall packages. The standard composition engines are already shipped in the base package set. Cancellation does not change configuration.
+`Setup > Typing > Keyboard Layouts` and `Input Methods` use the native menu's multi-select mode, with current entries checked and changes applied immediately. `default/input-methods/typing.py` reads the Fcitx keyboard catalog (including variants) and the current input group. Input selection replaces only the non-keyboard group items and retains selected engines' layout overrides; deselection does not uninstall packages. The standard composition engines are already shipped in the base package set. Closing a picker keeps changes already applied. Failed updates leave its checked state unchanged.
 
 Keyboard selections are persisted as data in `~/.config/omarchy/keyboard-layouts`; `default.hypr.keyboard.selected()` reads them before falling back to installation defaults. Personal Hyprland overrides still take precedence. A save reloads and validates the compositor, aligns the Fcitx group's primary keyboard with the leading layout/variant, and restores the previous configuration and group on failure. Non-Latin selections keep the installer's Latin-leading rule for desktop shortcuts. System console, disk-unlock, and greeter layouts are unchanged.
 
diff --git a/docs/menu.md b/docs/menu.md
index 3422b083..456dd7d2 100644
--- a/docs/menu.md
+++ b/docs/menu.md
@@ -168,3 +168,5 @@ how the pickers behind menu actions (`omarchy-menu-plugin`,
 
 
 Pass `-- --multiple` to `omarchy-menu-select` for a multi-select request. Repeat `--selected <value>` to preselect returned values (labels plus any subtext, without icons). Clicking or pressing Enter toggles an option without closing the menu; Apply returns a JSON array in option order, including `[]` when all choices are deselected. Cancellation still exits 1. Selections survive filtering.
+
+With `--on-change <JSON command array>`, each toggle runs that command with the proposed selection JSON appended as its final argument, and no Apply row is shown. The checkbox changes only after the command succeeds; a failed command retains the previous selection. Changes persist when the menu closes. The typing selectors use this mode.
diff --git a/manual/34-keyboard-mouse-trackpad.md b/manual/34-keyboard-mouse-trackpad.md
index fd4b06bc..1a86c49b 100644
--- a/manual/34-keyboard-mouse-trackpad.md
+++ b/manual/34-keyboard-mouse-trackpad.md
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ Typing starts in Latin mode. Press `Super + I` to cycle through configured input
 
 The keyboard indicator appears on the right of the bar when you have multiple keyboard layouts or input methods. Click it to switch input languages; Japanese displays あ for hiragana. For Japanese character choices, switch to Japanese, type a word such as `nihongo`, then press Space twice. Press Enter to accept your choice. If you also have multiple keyboard layouts, right-click the indicator to cycle those.
 
-Use _Setup > Typing > Keyboard Layouts_ to select layouts such as English and French, including keyboard variants. Use _Setup > Typing > Input Methods_ to select which composition engines are active. Both pickers open inside the Omarchy menu with your current selections checked. Click or press Enter to toggle a choice, then select Apply to save. Deselecting an input method removes it from the cycle without uninstalling it; the keyboard remains available.
+Use _Setup > Typing > Keyboard Layouts_ to select layouts such as English and French, including keyboard variants. Use _Setup > Typing > Input Methods_ to select which composition engines are active. Both pickers open inside the Omarchy menu with your current selections checked. Click or press Enter to toggle a choice; each change applies immediately. Deselecting an input method removes it from the cycle without uninstalling it; the keyboard remains available.
 
 Run `omarchy setup keyboard` or `omarchy setup input` to open the same pickers. To append one language from the command line, use `omarchy setup input mozc`, `hangul`, `pinyin`, or `chewing`. Your custom switching keys are preserved. For alternative engine layouts or keys, install `fcitx5-configtool` with `omarchy pkg add fcitx5-configtool` and launch it from a terminal. Selecting an input language does not change the desktop language.
 
diff --git a/shell/plugins/menu/Menu.qml b/shell/plugins/menu/Menu.qml
index dcb08e98..fdb5be8d 100644
--- a/shell/plugins/menu/Menu.qml
+++ b/shell/plugins/menu/Menu.qml
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ Item {
   property var dmenuOptions: []
   property bool dmenuMultiple: false
   property var dmenuSelected: []
+  property var dmenuOnChange: []
   property string selectionFile: ""
   property string doneFile: ""
   property int dmenuWidth: 300
@@ -565,7 +566,7 @@ Item {
       return
     }
 
-    if (root.dmenuMultiple) {
+    if (root.dmenuMultiple && root.dmenuOnChange.length === 0) {
       displayModel.append({
         itemId: "dmenu.apply", disabled: false, kind: "dmenu", icon: "", iconFont: "",
         appIcon: "", appId: "", label: "Apply", target: "",
@@ -616,6 +617,18 @@ Item {
     })
   }
 
+  function updateDmenuChecks() {
+    for (var i = 0; i < displayModel.count; i++) {
+      var row = displayModel.get(i)
+      if (row.itemId === "dmenu.apply") {
+        displayModel.setProperty(i, "detail", root.dmenuSelected.length + " selected")
+      } else if (row.kind === "dmenu") {
+        var value = MenuModel.dmenuValue(root.dmenuOptions[Number(row.itemId.substring(6))])
+        displayModel.setProperty(i, "icon", root.dmenuSelected.indexOf(value) !== -1 ? "✓" : "○")
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   function rebuildDisplay() {
     if (root.dmenuActive) {
       root.rebuildDmenuDisplay()
@@ -784,8 +797,17 @@ Item {
           root.applyDmenuSelection(JSON.stringify(MenuModel.dmenuSelections(root.dmenuOptions, root.dmenuSelected)))
         } else {
           var value = MenuModel.dmenuValue(root.dmenuOptions[Number(picked.itemId.substring(6))])
-          root.dmenuSelected = MenuModel.toggleDmenuSelection(root.dmenuSelected, value)
-          root.rebuildDmenuDisplay()
+          var selected = MenuModel.toggleDmenuSelection(root.dmenuSelected, value)
+          if (root.dmenuOnChange.length > 0) {
+            if (selectionProc.running) return
+            selectionProc.serial = root.requestSerial
+            selectionProc.selected = MenuModel.dmenuSelections(root.dmenuOptions, selected)
+            selectionProc.command = root.dmenuOnChange.concat([JSON.stringify(selectionProc.selected)])
+            selectionProc.running = true
+          } else {
+            root.dmenuSelected = selected
+            root.updateDmenuChecks()
+          }
         }
       } else {
         root.applyDmenuSelection(picked.detail ? picked.label + "\t" + picked.detail : picked.label)
@@ -888,6 +910,8 @@ Item {
     dmenuPrompt = String(payload.prompt || (mode === "input" ? "Input" : "Select"))
     dmenuOptions = Array.isArray(payload.options) ? payload.options : []
     dmenuMultiple = mode === "select" && payload.multiple === true
+    dmenuOnChange = dmenuMultiple && Array.isArray(payload.onChange)
+      && payload.onChange.every(function(arg) { return typeof arg === "string" }) ? payload.onChange : []
     dmenuSelected = MenuModel.dmenuSelections(dmenuOptions, Array.isArray(payload.selected) ? payload.selected : [])
     selectionFile = String(payload.selectionFile || "")
     doneFile = String(payload.doneFile || "")
@@ -965,6 +989,17 @@ Item {
     }
   }
 
+  Process {
+    id: selectionProc
+    property int serial: 0
+    property var selected: []
+    onExited: function(exitCode) {
+      if (serial !== root.requestSerial || !root.dmenuActive) return
+      if (exitCode === 0) root.dmenuSelected = selected
+      root.updateDmenuChecks()
+    }
+  }
+
   Process {
     id: resultProc
     onExited: {
diff --git a/test/shell.d/hyprland-keyboard-layout-test.sh b/test/shell.d/hyprland-keyboard-layout-test.sh
index 1b8ca182..d88b0660 100644
--- a/test/shell.d/hyprland-keyboard-layout-test.sh
+++ b/test/shell.d/hyprland-keyboard-layout-test.sh
@@ -153,3 +153,5 @@ TEST_INPUT_PREFERENCE=$'INPUT_METHOD=hangul\nXKB_LAYOUT=kr\n' assert_input "a la
 
 TEST_KEYBOARD_SELECTION=$'XKBLAYOUT=us,fr\nXKBVARIANT=intl,\n' assert_input "menu selections replace installer desktop defaults" "[us,fr] [intl,] [$base_options]" $'XKBLAYOUT=jp\n'
 TEST_KEYBOARD_SELECTION=$'XKBLAYOUT=us,fr\nXKBVARIANT=intl,\n' assert_greeter_input "menu selections leave the greeter keyboard unchanged" "[jp] [] []" $'XKBLAYOUT=jp\n'
+
+TEST_KEYBOARD_SELECTION=$'XKBLAYOUT=us,ru\nXKBVARIANT=,phonetic\n' assert_input "saved non-Latin selections retain the layout shortcut" "[us,ru] [,phonetic] [$toggle_options]" $'XKBLAYOUT=us\n'
diff --git a/test/shell.d/typing-setup-checks.py b/test/shell.d/typing-setup-checks.py
index 89013498..47fe2a61 100644
--- a/test/shell.d/typing-setup-checks.py
+++ b/test/shell.d/typing-setup-checks.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ class TypingSetupTest(unittest.TestCase):
   def test_variants_and_installer_binding_safety(self):
     self.assertEqual(typing.keyboard_values(["us:intl", "fr"]), ("us,fr", "intl,"))
     self.assertEqual(typing.keyboard_values(["ru:phonetic"]), ("us,ru", ",phonetic"))
+    self.assertEqual(typing.keyboard_values(["ru:phonetic", "us"]), ("us,ru", ",phonetic"))
     with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
       typing.keyboard_values([])
 
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ class TypingSetupTest(unittest.TestCase):
   def test_picker_preselects_current_entries_and_returns_empty_selection(self):
     result = subprocess.CompletedProcess([], 0, stdout="[]")
     with patch.object(typing.subprocess, "run", return_value=result) as process:
-      self.assertEqual(typing.choose("Inputs", {"mozc": "Japanese", "hangul": "Korean"}, ["hangul"]), [])
+      self.assertEqual(typing.choose("Inputs", {"mozc": "Japanese", "hangul": "Korean"}, ["hangul"], "input"), [])
       args = process.call_args.args[0]
       self.assertEqual(args[2], "\tKorean")
       self.assertIn("--multiple", args)
@@ -56,7 +57,14 @@ class TypingSetupTest(unittest.TestCase):
   def test_picker_rejects_unknown_returned_values(self):
     with patch.object(typing.subprocess, "run", return_value=subprocess.CompletedProcess([], 0, stdout='["unknown"]')):
       with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
-        typing.choose("Inputs", {"mozc": "Japanese"}, [])
+        typing.choose("Inputs", {"mozc": "Japanese"}, [], "input")
+
+  def test_immediate_selection_removes_an_input_and_accepts_keyboard_only(self):
+    with patch.object(typing, "save_inputs") as save:
+      typing.apply_selection("input", {"mozc": "Japanese", "hangul": "Korean"}, ["Japanese"])
+      save.assert_called_once_with(["mozc"])
+      typing.apply_selection("input", {"mozc": "Japanese"}, [])
+      self.assertEqual(save.call_args.args, ([],))
 
   def test_keyboard_override_failure_preserves_symlink_and_restores_settings(self):
     with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as temporary: