List languages in Velocity

[Dave Hess]

Is there a velocity function that allows me to get a list of all the configured languages in a dotCMS site or instance? I need to build a language switcher tool in the site header.

[Scott Wicken]

We do have a Velocity Viewtool to deal with languages. Here's a velocity snippet that will list languages:

#set($languages = $text.getLanguages())
Available Languages:
<ul>
#foreach($lang in $languages)
    <li>$lang.getLanguage()</li>
#end
</ul>

And here are the docs about the tool: https://www.dotcms.com/docs/latest/texttool

On Thu, Mar 30, 2023 at 1:33 PM Dave Hess <dave...@svpworldwide.com> wrote:

Is there a velocity function that allows me to get a list of all the configured languages in a dotCMS site or instance? I need to build a language switcher tool in the site header.

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[Dave Hess]

Thanks, Scott. This is helpful. I didn't read down the page far enough. I found I was able to get all the properties of each configured languages this way:

#set($languages = $text.getLanguages())

Available Languages:

<ul>

#foreach($lang in $languages)

    <li>lang: ${lang}</li>

    <li>

        <ul>

            <li>language_id: $!{lang.id}</li>

            <li>countryCode: $!{lang.getCountryCode()}</li>

            <li>languageCode: $!{lang.getLanguageCode()}</li>

            <li>language: $!{lang.getLanguage()}</li>

        </ul>

    </li>

#end

</ul>

Which produced

Available Languages:

<ul>

    <li>lang: en-us</li>

    <ul>

        <li>language_id: 1</li>

        <li>countryCode: US</li>

        <li>languageCode: en</li>

        <li>languageCode: English</li>

    </ul>

    <li>lang: fr-ca</li>

    <ul>

        <li>language_id: 4600065</li>

        <li>countryCode: CA</li>

        <li>languageCode: fr</li>

        <li>language: French</li>

    </ul>

</ul>

[Jameson Mauro]

Dave: Nice presentation! I'm going to expand the last example in the doc in line with your snippet, crediting you.