diff --git a/Modules/Bar/Widgets/KeyboardLayout.qml b/Modules/Bar/Widgets/KeyboardLayout.qml
index a09d1e6..74ef083 100644
--- a/Modules/Bar/Widgets/KeyboardLayout.qml
+++ b/Modules/Bar/Widgets/KeyboardLayout.qml
@@ -13,6 +13,26 @@ Item {
   property ShellScreen screen
   property real scaling: 1.0
 
+  // Widget properties passed from Bar.qml for per-instance settings
+  property string widgetId: ""
+  property string barSection: ""
+  property int sectionWidgetIndex: -1
+  property int sectionWidgetsCount: 0
+
+  property var widgetMetadata: BarWidgetRegistry.widgetMetadata[widgetId]
+  property var widgetSettings: {
+    var section = barSection.replace("Section", "").toLowerCase()
+    if (section && sectionWidgetIndex >= 0) {
+      var widgets = Settings.data.bar.widgets[section]
+      if (widgets && sectionWidgetIndex < widgets.length) {
+        return widgets[sectionWidgetIndex]
+      }
+    }
+    return {}
+  }
+
+  readonly property bool forceOpen: (widgetSettings.forceOpen !== undefined) ? widgetSettings.forceOpen : widgetMetadata.forceOpen
+
   // Use the shared service for keyboard layout
   property string currentLayout: KeyboardLayoutService.currentLayout
 
@@ -26,8 +46,10 @@ Item {
     rightOpen: BarWidgetRegistry.getNPillDirection(root)
     icon: "keyboard"
     autoHide: false // Important to be false so we can hover as long as we want
-    text: currentLayout
-    tooltipText: "Keyboard layout: " + currentLayout
+    text: currentLayout.toUpperCase()
+    tooltipText: "Keyboard layout: " + currentLayout.toUpperCase()
+    forceOpen: root.forceOpen
+    fontSize: Style.fontSizeS // Use larger font size
 
     onClicked: {
 
diff --git a/Modules/SettingsPanel/Bar/BarWidgetSettingsDialog.qml b/Modules/SettingsPanel/Bar/BarWidgetSettingsDialog.qml
index 775b148..47b9aaa 100644
--- a/Modules/SettingsPanel/Bar/BarWidgetSettingsDialog.qml
+++ b/Modules/SettingsPanel/Bar/BarWidgetSettingsDialog.qml
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ Popup {
       "Brightness": "WidgetSettings/BrightnessSettings.qml",
       "Clock": "WidgetSettings/ClockSettings.qml",
       "CustomButton": "WidgetSettings/CustomButtonSettings.qml",
+      "KeyboardLayout": "WidgetSettings/KeyboardLayoutSettings.qml",
       "MediaMini": "WidgetSettings/MediaMiniSettings.qml",
       "Microphone": "WidgetSettings/MicrophoneSettings.qml",
       "NotificationHistory": "WidgetSettings/NotificationHistorySettings.qml",
diff --git a/Modules/SettingsPanel/Bar/WidgetSettings/KeyboardLayoutSettings.qml b/Modules/SettingsPanel/Bar/WidgetSettings/KeyboardLayoutSettings.qml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c97e782
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Modules/SettingsPanel/Bar/WidgetSettings/KeyboardLayoutSettings.qml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import QtQuick
+import QtQuick.Controls
+import QtQuick.Layouts
+import qs.Commons
+import qs.Widgets
+import qs.Services
+
+ColumnLayout {
+  id: root
+  spacing: Style.marginM * scaling
+
+  // Properties to receive data from parent
+  property var widgetData: null
+  property var widgetMetadata: null
+
+  // Local state
+  property bool valueForceOpen: widgetData.forceOpen !== undefined ? widgetData.forceOpen : widgetMetadata.forceOpen
+
+  function saveSettings() {
+    var settings = Object.assign({}, widgetData || {})
+    settings.forceOpen = valueForceOpen
+    return settings
+  }
+
+  NToggle {
+    label: "Force open"
+    description: "Keep the keyboard layout widget always expanded."
+    checked: valueForceOpen
+    onToggled: checked => valueForceOpen = checked
+  }
+}
diff --git a/Services/BarWidgetRegistry.qml b/Services/BarWidgetRegistry.qml
index f104d07..76d36a9 100644
--- a/Services/BarWidgetRegistry.qml
+++ b/Services/BarWidgetRegistry.qml
@@ -104,6 +104,10 @@ Singleton {
                                   "Volume": {
                                     "allowUserSettings": true,
                                     "alwaysShowPercentage": false
+                                  },
+                                  "KeyboardLayout": {
+                                    "allowUserSettings": true,
+                                    "forceOpen": false
                                   }
                                 })
 
diff --git a/Widgets/NPill.qml b/Widgets/NPill.qml
index 7b57ad8..c385406 100644
--- a/Widgets/NPill.qml
+++ b/Widgets/NPill.qml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ Item {
   property bool disableOpen: false
   property bool rightOpen: false
   property bool hovered: false
+  property real fontSize: Style.fontSizeXS
 
   // Effective shown state (true if hovered/animated open or forced)
   readonly property bool revealed: forceOpen || showPill
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ Item {
         return centerX + offset
       }
       text: root.text
-      font.pointSize: Style.fontSizeXS * scaling
+      font.pointSize: root.fontSize * scaling
       font.weight: Style.fontWeightBold
       color: Color.mPrimary
       visible: revealed