I have a multi-language DNN v561 site that uses the core language selector skin object in drop-down list mode to switch between languages. It seems to have buggy behaviour - or at any rate behaviour that we don't want.

What we want to happen is that the language of the entire page (of both static and dynamic content) changes according to the language selection made by the user, regardless of user role or page mode. However, what in fact happens is:

Issue 1
When logged on as an ordinary Registered User, the selector always displays the user's preferred language, as set in the user's profile. When you attempt to change to a different language, the page dynamic content changes correctly, but the static content (labels etc) remain in the user's preferred language. This results in pages in mixed languages, obviously not desirable.

Issue 2
When logged on as an administrator or host user and the page is in View mode, the static content changes with the dynamic content and the selector shows the selected language. This (for me at least) seems to be the correct behaviour.

However, when the page is in Edit mode, the selector behaves similarly to when a Registered User is logged on, except that rather than being "stuck" on and showing static content for the user's preferred language, it is "stuck" on the language that happened to be selected when the page was put into Edit mode.

Can anyone tell me if there is a way to get the behaviour I want?.:

Thanks,

Hi Sebastian,

That behaviour may be ok in the case of an administrator (although in fact the selector does not stick in the administrators preferred language, but the one that happened to be selected when the page is put into Edit mode). However, it is arguably not ok in the case of a normal registered user who happens to want to read the page in a different language. That user gets a confusing mix of languages.

The Oliver Hine toolbar sounds like it provides the extra UI-language switching facility to administrators which will not help in this case.

IMO, a less confusing way of working this would be for the language selector to change both static and dynamic content for all users by default, and for an administrative user to have some sort of override so that they can "fix" static content to their preferred language for when they are editing.

Thanks,