i18n.getUILanguage()
Gets the UI language of the browser. This is different from i18n.getAcceptLanguages
which returns the preferred user languages.
Syntax
browser.i18n.getUILanguage()
Parameters
None.
Return value
string
. The browser UI language code as an i18n.LanguageCode
.
Browser compatibility
Report problems with this compatibility data on GitHubwebextensions-desktop | webextensions-mobile | |||||
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getUILanguage | ChromeFull support35 | EdgeFull support14 | FirefoxFull support47
| OperaFull supportYes | SafariFull support14 | Firefox for AndroidFull support48 |
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
- See implementation notes.
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Examples
var uiLanguage = browser.i18n.getUILanguage();
console.log(uiLanguage);
//e.g. "fr"
Acknowledgements
This API is based on Chromium's chrome.i18n
API. This documentation is derived from i18n.json
in the Chromium code.
Microsoft Edge compatibility data is supplied by Microsoft Corporation and is included here under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.