Template:LangSwitch/doc
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Provides a method to present a string of text selected from an array of many language translations in the language set in the user's preferences or the most appropiate fallback language (as determined by {{GetFallback}}).
Usage
{{LangSwitch
|en =
|xx =
|default =
}}
Template parameters
| Parameter | Description | Default | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
en | Text in English language. Unless default is used this text will also be used in case the languages provided do not include the language set in the user's preferences. If you do not want to show any text when user's language is English, then use "en=~". LangSwitch templates without en option will be added to Category:LangSwitch template without English version. | empty | required | |
xx | Translated text in language xx (The parameter name xx can be any supported language code, and you can specify as many such parameters as needed for each translated language). Use "~" if you do not want any message (or default) is some specific language. | empty | optional | |
default | Default text in case one of 'xx' languages is not the language of user’s preferences. By default english version will be shown, if provided. | {{{en|}}} (English version) | optional | |
lang | language code (only needs to be provided if the language shall be fixed and independent of the user’s preferences). Usually only used for template debugging. | value of {{int:Lang}} (the preferred language of the visitor viewing the page). | optional | |
Additional information
The template is intended to be used in the following namespaces: the Template namespace
The template is intended to be used by the following user groups: no user group specified
Relies on:
{{GetFallback}}, {{GetFallback2}}
See also
Examples
Few examples showing template behavior for 3 languages: English, French and Corsu, which defaults to French if Corsu text is not available:
| Test | Code | lang=en | lang=fr | lang=co |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| no En; default | {{LangSwitch|fr=French|default=default}} | default | French | default |
| no En ; no default | {{LangSwitch|fr=French|co=Corsu}} | LangSwitch Error: no default[1] | LangSwitch Error: no default[1] | LangSwitch Error: no default[1] |
| En; default | {{LangSwitch|en=English|co=Corsu|default=default}} | English | default | Corsu |
| En; no default | {{LangSwitch|en=English|co=Corsu}} | English | English | Corsu |
| empty En; default | {{LangSwitch|en=~|fr=French|default=default}} | French | default | |
| empty En; no default | {{LangSwitch|en=~|fr=French}} | French | ||
| En; default; empty Fr | {{LangSwitch|en=English|fr=~|co=Corsu|default=default}} | English | Corsu | |
| En; default; empty Fr | {{LangSwitch|en=English|fr=|co=Corsu|default=default}} | English | default | Corsu |
| En; no default; empty Fr | {{LangSwitch|en=English|fr=~|co=Corsu}} | English | Corsu | |
| simple case with "lang=" | {{LangSwitch|en=English|fr=French|co=Corsu|default=default|lang=}} | English | English | English |
The default option is intended for providing more language independent option. For example:
{{LangSwitch
|de=[[:de:Warschau|Warschau]]
|fr=[[:fr:Varsovie|Varsovie]]
|pl=[[:pl:Warszawa|Warszawa]]
|en=[[:en:Warsaw|Warsaw]]
|default=[[Warsaw]]
}}
will provide link to wikipedia articles in case one of the languages provided matches user's language but will link to Commons gallery page (Warsaw) if any other language is used.