Change text of language selector

Posted by Community Admin on 04-Aug-2018 06:31

Change text of language selector

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Posted by Community Admin on 27-Jun-2012 00:00

Hello Everyone,
I have language slector wideget in master page of my website. When i drag the widget it shows only name of language i.e English. I want to change that text Site in English. What should i do to change the text English & replace it with Site in English ?
Kind Regards,
Nrv.

Posted by Community Admin on 27-Jun-2012 00:00

Hello Srk,

Based on passed experience with having to modify the language control, I am going to say that you are going to to need to create a custom language control.  You are going to need to override the BindLanguageContainers method of that control.  I don't know know what type of Language Selector you are using (Dropdown, Horizontal, or Vertical) but my example below is using a drop down.  Here is some sample code to get you started.  It builds but I can't guarantee it will do everything that you want from the get go.  You will need to override the Control CLR Type or Virtual Path property in the Administration Settings to override the original Language control with the new one.

[ControlDesigner(typeof(LanguageSelectorDesigner))]
    public class CustomLanguageSelector : LanguageSelectorControl
    
        #region Construction
        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="CustomLanguageSelector" /> class.
        /// </summary>
        public CustomLanguageSelector()
            : base()
        
        
        #endregion
 
        #region Overwritten methods
        /// <summary>
        /// Binds the language containers (repeater or drop down) with the specified languages
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="shownLanguages">The languages.</param>
        protected override void BindLanguageContainers(IEnumerable<CultureInfo> languages)
        
            if (this.SelectorType == LanguageSelectorType.DropDown)
            
                var dropDown = this.LanguagesDropDown;
                if (!this.IsDesignMode())
                
                    dropDown.Attributes["onChange"] = "document.location.href = this.value;";
                
                foreach (var lang in languages)
                
                    var langName = GetDisplayedLanguageName(lang);
                    var url = GetUrlForLanguage(lang);
                    url = RouteHelper.ResolveUrl(url, UrlResolveOptions.Absolute);
 
                    if (lang.DisplayName == "English")
                    
                        ListItem item = new ListItem("Site", url);
                        item.Attributes.Add("lang", lang.TwoLetterISOLanguageName);
                        dropDown.Items.Add(item);
                    
                    else
                    
                        ListItem item = new ListItem(langName, url);
                        item.Attributes.Add("lang", lang.TwoLetterISOLanguageName);
                        dropDown.Items.Add(item);
                    
                
            
            else
            
                base.BindLanguageContainers(languages);
            
        
 
        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the languages to display.
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns></returns>
        protected override IEnumerable<CultureInfo> GetLanguagesToDisplay()
        
            var shownLanguages = base.GetLanguagesToDisplay();
            if (this.SelectorType == LanguageSelectorType.DropDown && !this.ShowCurrentLanguage)
            
                CultureInfo currentLanguage = Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentUICulture;
                shownLanguages = shownLanguages.Where(ci => !ci.Equals(currentLanguage));
            
            return shownLanguages;
        
        #endregion
 
        #region Constants
        /// <summary>
        /// This constant represents the value that will be seen when the
        /// language selector is set to drop-down without showing the current language.
        /// </summary>
        private const string DefaultLanguageName = "Select language";
        #endregion

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