diff --git a/web/src/engine/osk/src/keyboard-layout/oskLayer.ts b/web/src/engine/osk/src/keyboard-layout/oskLayer.ts
index 9f9486e28e1..3f73620949b 100644
--- a/web/src/engine/osk/src/keyboard-layout/oskLayer.ts
+++ b/web/src/engine/osk/src/keyboard-layout/oskLayer.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ import OSKRow from './oskRow.js';
 import OSKBaseKey from './oskBaseKey.js';
 import VisualKeyboard from '../visualKeyboard.js';
 
+export interface LayerLayoutParams {
+  keyboardHeight: number;
+  spacebarText: string;
+}
+
 export default class OSKLayer {
   public readonly element: HTMLDivElement;
   public readonly rows: OSKRow[];
@@ -76,6 +81,21 @@ export default class OSKLayer {
     this.capsKey     = this.findKey('K_CAPS');
     this.numKey      = this.findKey('K_NUMLOCK');
     this.scrollKey   = this.findKey('K_SCROLL');
+
+    if(this.spaceBarKey) {
+      const spacebarLabel = this.spaceBarKey.label;
+      let tButton = this.spaceBarKey.btn;
+
+      if (typeof (tButton.className) == 'undefined' || tButton.className == '') {
+        tButton.className = 'kmw-spacebar';
+      } else if (tButton.className.indexOf('kmw-spacebar') == -1) {
+        tButton.className += ' kmw-spacebar';
+      }
+
+      if (spacebarLabel.className != 'kmw-spacebar-caption') {
+        spacebarLabel.className = 'kmw-spacebar-caption';
+      }
+    }
   }
 
   /**
@@ -96,7 +116,35 @@ export default class OSKLayer {
     return null;
   }
 
-  public refreshLayout(vkbd: VisualKeyboard, layerHeight: number) {
+  /**
+   * Indicate the current language and keyboard on the space bar
+   **/
+  showLanguage(displayName: string) {
+    if(!this.spaceBarKey) {
+      return () => {};
+    }
+
+    try {
+      const spacebarLabel = this.spaceBarKey.label;
+
+      // The key can read the text from here during the display update without us
+      // needing to trigger a reflow by running the closure below early.
+      this.spaceBarKey.spec.text = displayName;
+
+      // It sounds redundant, but this dramatically cuts down on browser DOM processing;
+      // but sometimes innerText is reported empty when it actually isn't, so set it
+      // anyway in that case (Safari, iOS 14.4)
+      if (spacebarLabel.innerText != displayName || displayName == '') {
+        spacebarLabel.innerText = displayName;
+      }
+    }
+    catch (ex) { }
+  }
+
+  public refreshLayout(vkbd: VisualKeyboard, layoutParams: LayerLayoutParams) {
+    const layerHeight = layoutParams.keyboardHeight;
+    this.showLanguage(layoutParams.spacebarText);
+
     // Check the heights of each row, in case different layers have different row counts.
     const nRows = this.rows.length;
     const rowHeight = this._rowHeight = Math.floor(layerHeight/(nRows == 0 ? 1 : nRows));
diff --git a/web/src/engine/osk/src/views/oskView.ts b/web/src/engine/osk/src/views/oskView.ts
index 760a664e123..e7c6ecdd0d6 100644
--- a/web/src/engine/osk/src/views/oskView.ts
+++ b/web/src/engine/osk/src/views/oskView.ts
@@ -658,6 +658,7 @@ export default abstract class OSKView
       if(this.bannerView.height > 0) {
         availableHeight -= this.bannerView.height + 5;
       }
+      // Triggers the VisualKeyboard.refreshLayout() method, which includes a showLanguage() call.
       this.vkbd.setSize(this.computedWidth, availableHeight, pending);
 
       const bs = this._Box.style;
@@ -665,9 +666,6 @@ export default abstract class OSKView
       // visualizations, not to help text or empty views.
       bs.width  = bs.maxWidth  = this.computedWidth + 'px';
       bs.height = bs.maxHeight = this.computedHeight + 'px';
-
-      // Ensure that the layer's spacebar is properly captioned.
-      this.vkbd.showLanguage();
     } else {
       const bs = this._Box.style;
       bs.width  = 'auto';
@@ -855,9 +853,8 @@ export default abstract class OSKView
       // Also, only change the layer ID itself if there is an actual corresponding layer
       // in the OSK.
       if(this.vkbd?.layerGroup.layers[newValue] && !this.vkbd?.layerLocked) {
+        // triggers state-update + layer refresh automatically.
         this.vkbd.layerId = newValue;
-        // Ensure that the layer's spacebar is properly captioned.
-        this.vkbd.showLanguage();
       }
 
       // Ensure the keyboard view is modeling the correct state.  (Correct layer, etc.)
@@ -892,10 +889,6 @@ export default abstract class OSKView
     // First thing after it's made visible.
     this.refreshLayoutIfNeeded();
 
-    if(this.keyboardView instanceof VisualKeyboard) {
-      this.keyboardView.showLanguage();
-    }
-
     this._Visible=true;
 
     /* In case it's still '0' from a hide() operation.
diff --git a/web/src/engine/osk/src/visualKeyboard.ts b/web/src/engine/osk/src/visualKeyboard.ts
index bb90538f299..89253ea8f5d 100644
--- a/web/src/engine/osk/src/visualKeyboard.ts
+++ b/web/src/engine/osk/src/visualKeyboard.ts
@@ -1115,38 +1115,6 @@ export default class VisualKeyboard extends EventEmitter<EventMap> implements Ke
 
   //#endregion
 
-  /**
-   * Indicate the current language and keyboard on the space bar
-   **/
-  showLanguage() {
-    let activeStub = this.layoutKeyboardProperties;
-    let displayName: string = activeStub?.displayName ?? '(System keyboard)';
-
-    try {
-      var t = <HTMLElement>this.spaceBar.key.label;
-      let tParent = <HTMLElement>t.parentNode;
-      if (typeof (tParent.className) == 'undefined' || tParent.className == '') {
-        tParent.className = 'kmw-spacebar';
-      } else if (tParent.className.indexOf('kmw-spacebar') == -1) {
-        tParent.className += ' kmw-spacebar';
-      }
-
-      if (t.className != 'kmw-spacebar-caption') {
-        t.className = 'kmw-spacebar-caption';
-      }
-
-      // It sounds redundant, but this dramatically cuts down on browser DOM processing;
-      // but sometimes innerText is reported empty when it actually isn't, so set it
-      // anyway in that case (Safari, iOS 14.4)
-      if (t.innerText != displayName || displayName == '') {
-        t.innerText = displayName;
-      }
-
-      this.spaceBar.key.refreshLayout(this);
-    }
-    catch (ex) { }
-  }
-
   /**
    *  Add or remove a class from a keyboard key (when touched or clicked)
    *  or add a key preview for phone devices
@@ -1269,7 +1237,6 @@ export default class VisualKeyboard extends EventEmitter<EventMap> implements Ke
     const isInDOM = computedStyle.height != '' && computedStyle.height != 'auto';
 
     // Step 2:  determine basic layout geometry, refresh things that might update.
-    this.showLanguage(); // In case the spacebar-text mode setting has changed.
 
     if (fixedSize) {
       this._computedWidth = this.width;
@@ -1307,7 +1274,10 @@ export default class VisualKeyboard extends EventEmitter<EventMap> implements Ke
     // Step 4:  perform layout operations.
     // Needs the refreshed layout info to work correctly.
     if(this.currentLayer) {
-      this.currentLayer.refreshLayout(this, this._computedHeight - this.getVerticalLayerGroupPadding());
+      this.currentLayer.refreshLayout(this, {
+        keyboardHeight: this._computedHeight - this.getVerticalLayerGroupPadding(),
+        spacebarText: this.layoutKeyboardProperties?.displayName ?? '(System keyboard)'
+      });
     }
   }