i18n.getUILanguage()
Gets the UI language of the browser. This is different from i18n.getAcceptLanguages
which returns the preferred user languages.
See the Internationalization page for a guide on using this function.
Syntax
js
browser.i18n.getUILanguage()
Parameters
None.
Return value
string
. The browser UI language code as an i18n.LanguageCode
.
Browser compatibility
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Examples
js
let uiLanguage = browser.i18n.getUILanguage();
console.log(uiLanguage);
//e.g. "fr"
Note:
This API is based on Chromium's chrome.i18n
API. This documentation is derived from i18n.json
in the Chromium code.