Allow to configure default locale (#10956)

eclipse-theia · Mar 30, 2022 · ee9a071 · ee9a071
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diff --git a/dev-packages/application-package/src/application-props.ts b/dev-packages/application-package/src/application-props.ts
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ export namespace FrontendApplicationConfig {
         applicationName: 'Eclipse Theia',
         defaultTheme: 'dark',
         defaultIconTheme: 'none',
-        electron: ElectronFrontendApplicationConfig.DEFAULT
+        electron: ElectronFrontendApplicationConfig.DEFAULT,
+        defaultLocale: ''
     };
     export interface Partial extends ApplicationConfig {
 
@@ -95,6 +96,13 @@ export namespace FrontendApplicationConfig {
          * Defaults to `ElectronFrontendApplicationConfig.DEFAULT`.
          */
         readonly electron?: ElectronFrontendApplicationConfig.Partial;
+
+        /**
+         * The default locale for the application.
+         *
+         * Defaults to "".
+         */
+        readonly defaultLocale?: string;
     }
 }
 

diff --git a/packages/core/src/browser/nls-loader.ts b/packages/core/src/browser/nls-loader.ts
@@ -16,8 +16,15 @@
 
 import { nls } from '../common/nls';
 import { Endpoint } from './endpoint';
+import { FrontendApplicationConfigProvider } from './frontend-application-config-provider';
 
 export async function loadTranslations(): Promise<void> {
+    const defaultLocale = FrontendApplicationConfigProvider.get().defaultLocale;
+    if (defaultLocale && !nls.locale) {
+        Object.assign(nls, {
+            locale: defaultLocale
+        });
+    }
     if (nls.locale) {
         const endpoint = new Endpoint({ path: '/i18n/' + nls.locale }).getRestUrl().toString();
         const response = await fetch(endpoint);