Display current layout WITHOUT using Windows's language bar

Question

Basically I love quick launch and pinning is not for me, I can't just pin 50 apps, nor pin them to start menu / use the win + type method.

Anyway, Quick Launch works perfectly under Win7 IF you don't use the language bar. If you use it, sometimes (or always) it may fail to start/appear, you have to readd it.

So my question is: Is there a tray app, a RainMeter way to show this? (First would be better).

Thanks. (Best would be if I could switch layout globally but that train is gone. (Look at the changing global layout. Thank you Microsoft. (Irony included)).

Answer 1

You could put display the onscreen keyboard. (start, run osk)

However, this is not ideal as it is pretty big, and doesn't display the layouts name, just the layout itself.

I feel your pain with the global layout issue though.

Answer 2

Found this application:
http://www.languageindicator.com/

It does what I wanted to code AND more.