Language change in Angular

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• Overview
• Example
• Related articles
  • Related guides
  • Related API reference

Overview

The following example is an implementation of the @handsontable/angular component with an option to change the Context Menu language.

Select a language from the selector above the table and open the Context Menu to see the result.

Example

// app.component.ts import { Component } from '@angular/core'; import { getLanguagesDictionaries } from 'handsontable/i18n'; import { createSpreadsheetData } from './helpers'; @Component({ selector: 'app-root', template: ` <label for="languages">Select language:</label> <select [(ngModel)]="language"> <option *ngFor="let l of languages" [value]="l.languageCode">{{l.languageCode}}</option> </select><br/><br/> <div> <hot-table [language]="language" [settings]="hotSettings"></hot-table> </div> `, }) class AppComponent { hotSettings: Handsontable.GridSettings = { data: createSpreadsheetData(5, 10), colHeaders: true, rowHeaders: true, contextMenu: true, height: 'auto', licenseKey: 'non-commercial-and-evaluation' }; language = 'en-US'; languages = getLanguagesDictionaries(); } // app.module.ts import { NgModule } from '@angular/core'; import { FormsModule } from '@angular/forms'; import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser'; import { HotTableModule } from '@handsontable/angular'; import { registerAllModules } from 'handsontable/registry'; // register Handsontable's modules registerAllModules(); @NgModule({ imports: [ BrowserModule, FormsModule, HotTableModule ], declarations: [ AppComponent ], bootstrap: [ AppComponent ] }) class AppModule { } // bootstrap import { platformBrowserDynamic } from '@angular/platform-browser-dynamic'; platformBrowserDynamic().bootstrapModule(AppModule).catch(err => { console.error(err) }); <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/handsontable@12.0/dist/handsontable.full.min.js"></script> <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/handsontable@12.0/dist/handsontable.full.min.css" /> <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/handsontable@12.0/dist/languages/all.js"></script> <script src="https://handsontable.com/docs/12.0/scripts/fixer.js"></script> <script src="https://handsontable.com/docs/12.0/scripts/helpers.js"></script> <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/rxjs@6/bundles/rxjs.umd.js"></script> <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/core-js@2/client/core.min.js"></script> <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/zone.js@0.9/dist/zone.min.js"></script> <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@angular/compiler@8/bundles/compiler.umd.min.js"></script> <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@angular/core@8/bundles/core.umd.min.js"></script> <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@angular/common@8/bundles/common.umd.min.js"></script> <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@angular/forms@7/bundles/forms.umd.min.js"></script> <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@angular/platform-browser@8/bundles/platform-browser.umd.min.js"></script> <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@angular/platform-browser-dynamic@8/bundles/platform-browser-dynamic.umd.min.js"></script> <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@handsontable/angular@12.0/bundles/handsontable-angular.umd.min.js"></script> <app-root></app-root>

// app.component.ts
import { Component } from '@angular/core';
import { getLanguagesDictionaries } from 'handsontable/i18n';
import { createSpreadsheetData } from './helpers';

@Component({
  selector: 'app-root',
  template: `
  <label for="languages">Select language:</label>
  <select [(ngModel)]="language">
    <option *ngFor="let l of languages" [value]="l.languageCode">{{l.languageCode}}</option>
  </select><br/><br/>
  <div>
    <hot-table [language]="language" [settings]="hotSettings"></hot-table>
  </div>
  `,
})
class AppComponent {
  hotSettings: Handsontable.GridSettings = {
    data: createSpreadsheetData(5, 10),
    colHeaders: true,
    rowHeaders: true,
    contextMenu: true,
    height: 'auto',
    licenseKey: 'non-commercial-and-evaluation'
  };
  language = 'en-US';
  languages = getLanguagesDictionaries();
}

// app.module.ts
import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { FormsModule } from '@angular/forms';
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { HotTableModule } from '@handsontable/angular';
import { registerAllModules } from 'handsontable/registry';

// register Handsontable's modules
registerAllModules();

@NgModule({
  imports:      [ BrowserModule, FormsModule, HotTableModule ],
  declarations: [ AppComponent ],
  bootstrap:    [ AppComponent ]
})
class AppModule { }

// bootstrap
import { platformBrowserDynamic } from '@angular/platform-browser-dynamic';

platformBrowserDynamic().bootstrapModule(AppModule).catch(err => { console.error(err) });

<app-root></app-root>

Related articles

Related guides

• Language
• Layout direction
• Locale

Related API reference

• Configuration options:
  • language
  • layoutDirection
  • locale
• Core methods:
  • getDirectionFactor()
  • getTranslatedPhrase()
  • isLtr()
  • isRtl()
• Hooks:
  • afterLanguageChange
  • beforeLanguageChange