diff --git a/src/xrEngine/line_edit_control.cpp b/src/xrEngine/line_edit_control.cpp
index 7f0f4748986..00d6e27a800 100644
--- a/src/xrEngine/line_edit_control.cpp
+++ b/src/xrEngine/line_edit_control.cpp
@@ -238,6 +238,9 @@ void line_edit_control::init(u32 str_buffer_size, init_mode mode)
         assign_callback(SDL_SCANCODE_BACKSPACE, ks_Ctrl, Callback(this, &line_edit_control::delete_word_back));
         assign_callback(SDL_SCANCODE_DELETE, ks_Ctrl, Callback(this, &line_edit_control::delete_word_forward));
 
+        assign_callback(SDL_SCANCODE_LSHIFT, ks_Ctrl, Callback(this, &line_edit_control::SwitchKL));
+        assign_callback(SDL_SCANCODE_LSHIFT, ks_Alt, Callback(this, &line_edit_control::SwitchKL));
+
     } // if mode
 
     create_key_state(SDL_SCANCODE_LSHIFT, ks_LShift);
@@ -737,6 +740,7 @@ void line_edit_control::compute_positions()
 }
 
 void line_edit_control::clamp_cur_pos() { clamp(m_cur_pos, 0, (int)xr_strlen(m_edit_str)); }
+void line_edit_control::SwitchKL() { ActivateKeyboardLayout((HKL)HKL_NEXT, 0); }
 // -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 void remove_spaces(pstr str)
diff --git a/src/xrEngine/line_edit_control.h b/src/xrEngine/line_edit_control.h
index 1ddb59a26c7..f8af017f8c6 100644
--- a/src/xrEngine/line_edit_control.h
+++ b/src/xrEngine/line_edit_control.h
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ class ENGINE_API line_edit_control
     void xr_stdcall delete_selected_forward();
     void xr_stdcall delete_word_back();
     void xr_stdcall delete_word_forward();
+    void xr_stdcall SwitchKL();
 
     void assign_char_pairs(init_mode mode);
     void create_key_state(int const dik, key_state state);
diff --git a/src/xrEngine/xr_input.cpp b/src/xrEngine/xr_input.cpp
index ab89491dee8..8ee7fc2ab6c 100644
--- a/src/xrEngine/xr_input.cpp
+++ b/src/xrEngine/xr_input.cpp
@@ -186,10 +186,6 @@ void CInput::KeyUpdate()
             keyboardState[event.key.keysym.scancode] = false;
             cbStack.back()->IR_OnKeyboardRelease(event.key.keysym.scancode);
             break;
-
-        case SDL_TEXTINPUT: 
-            Msg("Input: [%s]\n", event.text.text);
-            break;
         }
     }