I am using angular-translate to provide i18n to my application, I am able to translate labels, button-text etc. properly. The problem I am facing is when I am trying to change the date according to the selected language locale. The date is selected from a date-picker.
the date is selected into an input element:
<input type="text" class="form-control" required="" ng-model="date" placeholder="{{ 'DATE_PLACEHOLDER' | translate }}" translate="{{ 'select_date'|translate:{date:date} }}"/>
the placeholder translation works perfectly, but no change happens to date format when I change the language. I have created a plunkr describing the current scenario.
Please suggest a way in which I can translate inserted values, or text in forms. Also, I would like to know how to overcome the flicker of key values just before the page is loaded.
Add Italian locale, I copied it from http://forum.html.it/forum/showthread/t-2912577.html:
$.fn.datepicker.dates['it'] = {
days: ["Domenica", "Lunedì", "Martedì", "Mercoledì", "Giovedì", "Venerdì", "Sabato", "Domenica"],
daysShort: ["Dom", "Lun", "Mar", "Mer", "Gio", "Ven", "Sab", "Dom"],
daysMin: ["Do", "Lu", "Ma", "Me", "Gi", "Ve", "Sa", "Do"],
months: ["Gennaio", "Febbraio", "Marzo", "Aprile", "Maggio", "Giugno", "Luglio", "Agosto", "Settembre", "Ottobre", "Novembre", "Dicembre"],
monthsShort: ["Gen", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "Mag", "Giu", "Lug", "Ago", "Set", "Ott", "Nov", "Dic"],
today: "Oggi",
clear: "Cancella",
weekStart: 1,
format: "dd/mm/yyyy"
};
Add convert map for language codes from en_EN format to en:
// language codes convertor map
var convertorMap = {
'en_US': 'en',
'it_IT': 'it'
};
In your language switcher function, remove current datepicker and initialize a new one with new language, make sure to update date in new format as well:
$scope.switchLanguage = function (key) {
var dp = $('#datePicker');
// get current date
var currentDate = dp.datepicker('getDate');
// update datepicker with new locale
dp.datepicker('remove');
dp.datepicker({
autoclose: true,
language: convertorMap[key]
});
// restore current date according to the new locale
dp.datepicker('update', currentDate);
$translate.use(key);
};
To show view only when translation is ready, change your wrapper element (I used <body>) to look like:
<body ng-controller="Ctrl" class="ng-hide" ng-show="showView">
.....
</body>
and in your controller:
// will be fired when the service is "ready" to translate (i.e. loading 1st language)
$translate.onReady(function () {
$scope.showView = true;
});
ng-model directive on jQuery datepicker does nothing, so I removed it, and added ng-model update code to initial datepicker function:
$('#datePicker').datepicker({
autoclose: true
})
// update ng model
.on('changeDate', function(e) {
$timeout(function () {
$scope.date = $('#datePicker').datepicker('getUTCDate');
});
});
if you see in the console message like:
pascalprecht.translate.$translateSanitization: No sanitization strategy has been configured. This can have serious security implications.
it is said to be fixed in next releases: https://github.com/taigaio/taiga-front/issues/778