Template:LangSwitch

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Documentation


(this part of the documentation is only available in some languages)

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
|xx=
}}

(this part of the documentation is only available in some languages)

Click these links to see the action of the lang parameter in different languages: German: deutsch, French: français, Chinese-zh

Examples:


{{LangSwitch
|de=Zeichenkette
|en=text string
|fr=chaîne de caractères
|zh=字串
}}

What it looks like in your browser:

text string

Examples using parameter lang to default to a specific language:


{{LangSwitch
|lang=de
|de=Zeichenkette nur auf Deutsch
}}

What it looks like in your browser:

Zeichenkette nur auf Deutsch


{{LangSwitch
|lang=en
|en=text only in English
}}

What it looks like in your browser:

text only in English

Parameters

Parameter name Description (this part of the documentation is only available in some languages) Default value required or optional?

xx xx can be any number of any supported language codes string in language xx optional
lang language code (only needs to be provided if the language shall be fixed and independant from the user's preferences) value of {{int:Lang}} 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

(this part of the documentation is only available in some languages)

{{autotranslate}}

Localization

This template is not intended to be localized.