i18n: allow user prefered locale over browser preference and vice versa

composables/states.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+// AUTH
+
 export const useIsLoggedIn = () => {
   const isLoggedIn = useState<boolean>(
     'isLoggedIn',
@@ -13,6 +15,34 @@ export const useIsLoggedIn = () => {
   })
 }
 
+// LOCALE
+
+const usePreferedLocaleState = () =>
+  useState<string>(
+    'preferedLocale',
+    () => localStorage.getItem('preferedLocale') || 'auto',
+  )
+
+export const usePreferedLocale = () => {
+  const preferedLocale = usePreferedLocaleState()
+  const { locale, getBrowserLocale, defaultLocale } = useNuxtApp().$i18n
+
+  return computed({
+    get: () => preferedLocale.value,
+    set: (value) => {
+      preferedLocale.value = value
+      localStorage.setItem('preferedLocale', value)
+
+      if (value === 'auto') {
+        const browserLocale = getBrowserLocale()
+        value = browserLocale || defaultLocale
+      }
+
+      locale.value = value
+    },
+  })
+}
+
 export const useRedirectUrl = () =>
   useState<string | null>('redirectUrl', () => null)
 

locales/en.json

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
         "processing": "Processing…"
     },
     "app_list": "App list",
+    "automatic": "Automatic ({name})",
     "back_to_apps": "Go back to app list",
     "cancel": "Cancel",
     "change_password": "Change password",

nuxt.config.ts

@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ export default defineNuxtConfig({
     lazy: true,
     langDir: 'locales',
     locales: locales as LocaleObject[],
+    detectBrowserLanguage: {
+      useCookie: false,
+    },
   },
   colorMode: {
     preference: 'system',

pages/edit.vue

@@ -1,15 +1,27 @@
 <script setup lang="ts">
-const { t, locale, locales } = useI18n()
+const { t, locales, getBrowserLocale } = useI18n()
 
 useHead({
   title: t('footerlink_edit'),
 })
 
+const preferedLocale = usePreferedLocale()
+
 const localesAsOptions = computed(() => {
-  return locales.value.map((locale) => ({
+  const options = locales.value.map((locale) => ({
     text: locale.name,
     value: locale.code,
   }))
+  const browserLocale = getBrowserLocale()
+  const browserLocaleName = locales.value.find(
+    (locale) => locale.code === browserLocale,
+  )?.name
+  options.unshift({
+    text: t('automatic', { name: browserLocaleName }),
+    value: 'auto',
+  })
+
+  return options
 })
 
 const colorMode = useColorMode()
@@ -80,7 +92,11 @@ const themesAsOptions = [
         <div role="group" class="flex align mb-3">
           <!-- eslint-disable-next-line vuejs-accessibility/label-has-for -->
           <label for="language" class="label me-3">{{ t('language') }}</label>
-          <select id="language" v-model="locale" class="select select-bordered">
+          <select
+            id="language"
+            v-model="preferedLocale"
+            class="select select-bordered"
+          >
             <option disabled selected>{{ t('language') }}</option>
             <option
               v-for="option in localesAsOptions"

plugins/i18n.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 import { setLocale } from 'yup'
+import { usePreferedLocale } from '@/composables/states'
 
-export default defineNuxtPlugin(() => {
+export default defineNuxtPlugin({
+  setup() {
+    // Override default yup errors
     // https://github.com/jquense/yup/blob/master/src/locale.ts
     setLocale({
       mixed: {
@@ -12,4 +15,14 @@ export default defineNuxtPlugin(() => {
         min: ({ min }) => ({ key: 'v.string_too_short', values: { min } }),
       },
     })
+  },
+  hooks: {
+    'app:created'() {
+      // Override browser locale if prefered language
+      const preferedLocale = usePreferedLocale()
+      if (preferedLocale.value !== 'auto') {
+        useNuxtApp().$i18n.locale.value = preferedLocale.value
+      }
+    },
+  },
 })