nextcloud / nextcloud/talk-desktop
Add language/locale settings
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Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Currently app's language/locale is set from the system preferences.
A user may want to have Talk settings different from the system like with theme.
Describe the solution you'd like
Add a setting with:
- Use system (LANG)
- Use account setting (LANG)
- list of all supported languages
Describe alternatives you've considered
Ignore.
Additional context
- Related issue: https://github.com/nextcloud/talk-desktop/issues/771
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Research direction
Start by tracing how the desktop client currently derives its locale from system preferences, then compare the existing theme setting flow. Implement the choices for system LANG, account LANG, and all supported languages, using related issue #771 for context, and verify that each option changes the app language as intended.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- electron, javascript
- Domain
- desktop, internationalization
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 55/100