django_languageselect

Simple language select as custom template tag

Requirements

• "django.middleware.locale.LocaleMiddleware" in MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES / MIDDLEWARE
• "django.core.context_processors.request" in TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS / TEMPLATES['OPTIONS']['context_processors']

Usage

To use django_languageselect in a project, add it to INSTALLED_APPS

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    *INSTALLED_APPS,
    "django_languageselect",
]

Then add its endpoint to your urls.py. It's important to keep the languageselect_index name when using the provided template tag!

from django.urls import path

from django_languageselect.views import IndexView

urlpatterns = [
    path("languageselect", IndexView.as_view(), name="languageselect_index"),
]

Use the languageselect template tag where you wish to show the language selection:

{% load languageselect %}

{% languageselect %}

This will render all languages in your LANGUAGES setting to select from.

Parameters

• language is the only required parameter expecting a two-letter ISO 639 language code.
• next - optionally pass the URL to redirect to after the language has been changed. The template tag redirects to the current URL.

Customization

Feel free to use your own template, just add languageselect/layer.html to the template folder of an app that is earlier in your INSTALLED_APPS than django_languageselect.

Tests

Tests will be automatically run by travis on commit to master.

They can also be executed locally using docker-compose by running docker-compose up

Making a new release

This project makes use of RegioHelden's reusable GitHub workflows.
Make a new release by manually triggering the Open release PR workflow.