DW10 Swift 2 - Country Name Instead of Language + Flag Visibility

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Ferri Halfhide

Posted on 04/08/2025 15:30:04

Hi,

In the header and footer, I’ve used Preferences to add a language switch.

This works as expected in terms of functionality, but I noticed something odd:

As shown in the screenshot below, the country name (“België”) is displayed instead of the language.

What I’d like to achieve is that the language name is shown — for example, “Nederlands” instead of “België” - just like in the selector.

I’m using Swift 2. Any idea where or how I can adjust this?

Additionally, I’ve noticed that the country flag is shown for some languages but not for others.

How can I add a flag for languages or countries where it’s currently missing?

Thanks in advance!

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Nicolai Pedersen

Posted on 04/08/2025 16:31:50

The language selector actually shows a list of language websites and use the name of the language website - and not the name of the language used by that website.

You can easily modify the template to use the name of the language used for that website - locate the template Files\Templates\Designs\Swift-v2\Paragraph\Swift-v2_Preferences\Offcanvas.cshtml and change L129-130 to this (https://github.com/dynamicweb/Swift/blob/93dbc3f701aac342bed816470d45b2c2e70d2485/Files/Templates/Designs/Swift-v2/Paragraph/Swift-v2_Preferences/Offcanvas.cshtml#L129)

var languageRegion = new System.Globalization.RegionInfo(language.Area.CultureInfo.LCID);
<option hreflang="@language.Area.CultureInfo.TwoLetterISOLanguageName" value="@preferencePageId"
        @selectedLanguage>@languageRegion.DisplayName</option>

You can add missing flags to /Files/Images/Icons/Flags/ - let me know which you are missing.

BR Nicolai

Ferri Halfhide

Posted on 04/08/2025 16:40:21

Hi,

Thank you for the information — that worked!

However, regarding the flags: I’m still missing the flags for Belgium and France.

When I check the directory, I can see that the nl-BE flag has been added, but it’s still not showing on the front-end.

Ferri Halfhide

Posted on 04/08/2025 16:40:22

Hi,

Thank you for the information — that worked!

However, regarding the flags: I’m still missing the flags for Belgium and France.

When I check the directory, I can see that the nl-BE flag has been added, but it’s still not showing on the front-end.

Ferri Halfhide

Posted on 12/08/2025 08:30:28

Hi,

Is there any way to solve this?

"Additionally, I’ve noticed that the country flag is shown for some languages but not for others."

How can I show a flag for countries where it’s currently missing in the frontend, even though they are added in backend?

Thanks in advance!

Karsten Thuen

Posted on 15/08/2025 08:07:18

Hi Ferri

Sorry for the late reply. I just chekced the code that renders the flag. It is very simple. You could try lowercasing the filename "nl-be.svg". And check that the svg exist on the server by adding the filepath to the url: YOURSITE/files/Images/Icons/Flags/nl-be.svg

For you reference, this is the flag rendering code:

string flagIconFolder = "/Files/Images/Icons/Flags/";
    if (Model.Item.GetBoolean("UseLanguageIcon"))
    {
        pageIcon = $"{flagIconFolder}{region.Name}.svg";
    }

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