Issues with Set Keyboard Layout (Monterey)

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I use click menu script as a temporary solution.

I have Bartender's AppleScript support to simulate menu bar item click.

Here is a sample script:

changeKeyboardLayout("Squirrel - Simplified")

on changeKeyboardLayout(layoutName)
	tell application "Bartender 4"
		activate "com.apple.TextInputMenuAgent-Item-0"
	end tell
	
	tell application "System Events"
		tell process "TextInputMenuAgent"
			click menu item layoutName of menu 1 of menu bar item 1 of menu bar 2
		end tell
	end tell
end changeKeyboardLayout

In the above code, Squirrel - Simplified is the name of the target input method. See below:

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