--- a/kcms/keyboard/kcm_keyboard_widget.cpp
+++ b/kcms/keyboard/kcm_keyboard_widget.cpp
@@ -618,12 +618,12 @@ void KCMKeyboardWidget::updateSwitcingPo
     case KeyboardConfig::SWITCH_POLICY_APPLICATION:
         uiWidget->switchByApplicationRadioBtn->setChecked(true);
         break;
-    case KeyboardConfig::SWITCH_POLICY_WINDOW:
-        uiWidget->switchByWindowRadioBtn->setChecked(true);
-        break;
-    default:
     case KeyboardConfig::SWITCH_POLICY_GLOBAL:
         uiWidget->switchByGlobalRadioBtn->setChecked(true);
+        break;
+    default:
+    case KeyboardConfig::SWITCH_POLICY_WINDOW:
+        uiWidget->switchByWindowRadioBtn->setChecked(true);
     }
 }
 
--- a/kcms/keyboard/keyboard_config.cpp
+++ b/kcms/keyboard/keyboard_config.cpp
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ KeyboardConfig::KeyboardConfig(QObject *
 
 KeyboardConfig::SwitchingPolicy KeyboardConfig::switchingPolicy() const
 {
-    return findStringIndex(switchMode(), SWITCH_POLICY_GLOBAL);
+    return findStringIndex(switchMode(), SWITCH_POLICY_WINDOW);
 }
 
 void KeyboardConfig::setSwitchingPolicy(KeyboardConfig::SwitchingPolicy switchingPolicy)
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ void KeyboardConfig::setSwitchingPolicy(
 
 KeyboardConfig::SwitchingPolicy KeyboardConfig::defaultSwitchingPolicyValue() const
 {
-    return findStringIndex(defaultSwitchModeValue(), SWITCH_POLICY_GLOBAL);
+    return findStringIndex(defaultSwitchModeValue(), SWITCH_POLICY_WINDOW);
 }
 
 bool KeyboardConfig::layoutsSaveNeeded() const
--- a/kcms/keyboard/keyboardsettings.kcfg
+++ b/kcms/keyboard/keyboardsettings.kcfg
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-late
       <default>false</default>
     </entry>
     <entry name="switchMode" key="SwitchMode" type="String">
-      <default>Global</default>
+      <default>Window</default>
     </entry>
     <entry name="configureLayouts" key="Use" type="Bool">
       <default>false</default>