Setting Default Language via Category with jQuery

iamrobert
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5 years 2 weeks ago - 5 years 2 weeks ago #77453 by iamrobert

Replied by iamrobert on topic Setting Default Language via Category with jQuery

Updated Code that works better with select2.js:

Via Category

Code:

(function($) {
//VIA URL
$(document).ready(function() {
	if (window.location.href.indexOf("&maincat=114") > -1) {
		$('#jform_language').val('en-GB'); // Select the option with a value of 'en-GB'
		$('#jform_language').trigger('change');
	}
});
});
})(jQuery);

Data Title:
In multi-lingual sites the the top level categories of the site are usually the languages (English & Chinese (中文)):

The top category uses data-title English or Chinese (中文):

So we can set this way:

Code:

(function($) {
	//VIA DATA TITLE
	$(document).ready(function() {
		var data = $("#jform_catid option:selected").attr('data-title');
		if (data == 'English') {
			$('#jform_language').val('en-GB');
			$('#jform_language').trigger('change');
		}
		if (data == '中文') {
			$('#jform_language').val('zh-TW');
			$('#jform_language').trigger('change');
		}
		$('select#jform_catid').on('change', function() {
			var data = $("#jform_catid option:selected").attr('data-title');
			if (data == 'English') {
				$('#jform_language').val('en-GB'); // Select the option with a value of 'en-GB'
				$('#jform_language').trigger('change');
			}
			if (data == '中文') {
				$('#jform_language').val('zh-TW'); // Select the option with a value of 'zh-TW'
				$('#jform_language').trigger('change');
			}
		});
	});
})(jQuery);

Last edit: 5 years 2 weeks ago by iamrobert.

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5 years 2 weeks ago #77454 by micker

Replied by micker on topic Setting Default Language via Category with jQuery

cool you can do it with dashboard module V2 module too without js

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5 years 2 weeks ago #77455 by iamrobert

Replied by iamrobert on topic Setting Default Language via Category with jQuery

Thanks - I was sharing as option 2 allows the user to swap languages automatically in new items based on category:

which has been one feature that has been bugging me forever.

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5 years 1 week ago #77456 by micker

Replied by micker on topic Setting Default Language via Category with jQuery

oh cool can it be more generic ?

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10 months 2 weeks ago - 10 months 2 weeks ago #84812 by iamrobert

Replied by iamrobert on topic Setting Default Language via Category with jQuery

Updated Code for Joomla 4 and FLEXIContent:

Code:

//JS LANGUAGE
(function($) {
// Function to check and update the language
function updateLanguage() {
var selectedOption = $("#jform_catid option:selected");
var data = selectedOption.attr('data-title');
var text = selectedOption.text();
// Check if data-title attribute exists or use the option text
var language = data || text;
if (language) {
if (language.includes('English')) {
// console.log('English');
$('#jform_language').val('en-GB');
$('#jform_language').trigger('change');
} else if (language.includes('中文')) {
// console.log('中文');
$('#jform_language').val('zh-TW');
$('#jform_language').trigger('change');
}
}
}
$(document).ready(function() {
// Initial check on document ready
updateLanguage();
// Check on category change
$('select#jform_catid').on('change', function() {
updateLanguage();
});
});
})(jQuery);

Category Structure:

- English
- 中文 (Chinese)