Placeholder in fr:date

[julien bittard]

Hello,
With version 2024.1, the "fr:date" fields now automatically display a placeholder that should use the expected format, for example: "DD/MM/YYYY"

However, on my screens developed in Xforms, what only appears is: "//"

The format configurations I applied are:

<property as="xs:string" name="oxf.xforms.format.output.date">
if (. castable as xs:date) then format-date(xs:date(.), '[D01]/[M01]/[Y]', 'fr', (), ()) else .
</property>
<property as="xs:string" name="oxf.xforms.format.input.time">
[H]:[m]:[s]
</property>
<property as="xs:string" name="oxf.xforms.format.input.date" value="[D01]/[M01]/[Y]"/>
<property as="xs:string" name="oxf.xforms.xbl.fr.date.output-format" value="[D01]/[M01]/[Y]"/>

<property
as="xs:string"
name="oxf.xforms.xbl.fr.date.week-start-day.*.*"
value="monday"/>

<property
as="xs:string"
name="oxf.xforms.xbl.fr.date.native-picker.*.*"
value="always"/>

And the xhtml page has the "lang="fr"" attribute.

How can I configure this placeholder correctly?

Thank You

Julien

[julien bittard]

Hello, 

With version 2024.1, the "fr:date" fields now automatically display a placeholder that should use the expected format, for example: "DD/MM/YYYY".

However, on my screens developed in Xforms, what only appears is: "//" 

The format configurations I applied are:

<property as="xs:string" name="oxf.xforms.format.output.date">
if (. castable as xs:date) then format-date(xs:date(.), '[D01]/[M01]/[Y]', 'fr', (), ()) else .
</property>

<property as="xs:string" name="oxf.xforms.format.input.time">
[H]:[m]:[s]
</property>

<property as="xs:string" name="oxf.xforms.format.input.date" value="[D01]/[M01]/[Y]"/>
<property as="xs:string" name="oxf.xforms.xbl.fr.date.output-format" value="[D01]/[M01]/[Y]"/>


<property
as="xs:string"
name="oxf.xforms.xbl.fr.date.week-start-day.*.*"
value="monday"/>

<property
as="xs:string"
name="oxf.xforms.xbl.fr.date.native-picker.*.*"
value="always"/>

And the xhtml page has the lang="fr" attribute

[Alessandro Vernet]

Hi Julien,

I suspect this is happening because the date component cannot determine the current language. Could you try adding `xml:lang="en"` to your root `<xh:html>` element, if you don't already have one?

-Alex

[Bittard, Julien]

Hi Alex,

 

Thanks, that's exactly it.

Until now, we indicated the language by simply setting lang="fr" so that the date picker would be in the correct format and in the correct language.

Did adding "xml:" become mandatory with 2024? Or was that already the case before?

 

Thanks.

 

Julien

 

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Hi Julien,

I suspect this is happening because the date component cannot determine the current language. Could you try adding `xml:lang="en"` to your root `<xh:html>` element, if you don't already have one?

-Alex

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[Alessandro Vernet]

Hi Julien,

Perfect, I'm glad adding `xml:lang="en"` (or any language you need) worked. I don't think this has changed. The function `xxf:r()` is used by `date.xbl` to get the value of a resource. This is an extension function at the XForms level. Form Runner provides higher-level language features, such as a language picker for end users, and it sets `xml:lang="en"` so the current language is available at the XForms level. What do you mean by setting `lang="fr"`?

-Alex

[julien bittard]

Hi Alex

What I mean is that our pages already have the language definition in the root tag via the attribute: lang = "fr" without namespace, but this is not enough for the date picker to display the correct format in placeholder. We need to add the xml namespace: xml:lang = "fr"

Julien 

Le 5 sept. 2025 à 21:08, 'Alessandro Vernet' via Orbeon Forms <orb...@googlegroups.com> a écrit :



Hi Julien,

Perfect, I'm glad adding `xml:lang="en"` (or any language you need) worked. I don't think this has changed. The function `xxf:r()` is used by `date.xbl` to get the value of a resource. This is an extension function at the XForms level. Form Runner provides higher-level language features, such as a language picker for end users, and it sets `xml:lang="en"` so the current language is available at the XForms level. What do you mean by setting `lang="fr"`?

-Alex

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[Alessandro Vernet]

Hi Julien,

Indeed, only `xml:lang` is used to determine the current language, not the plain `lang`. I don't recall this ever changing, but memory is fallible, especially mine ;).

-Alex