Localization in Angular Dialog component

12 May 2022 / 2 minutes to read

Localization library allows to localize the default text content of Dialog. In Dialog, The close button’s tooltip text alone will be localize based on culture.

Locale key	en-US (default)
close	Close

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To load translation object in an application use load function of L10n class.

In the below sample, French culture is set to Dialog and change the close button’s tooltip text.

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app.component.ts

app.module.ts

main.ts

index.html

index.css

import { Component, ViewChild, OnInit, ElementRef } from '@angular/core';
import { DialogComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-popups';
import { L10n } from '@syncfusion/ej2-base';
import { EmitType } from '@syncfusion/ej2-base';

@Component({
    selector: 'app-root',
    template: `
    <button class="e-control e-btn" style="position: absolute;" id="targetButton" (click)="onOpenDialog($event)">Open Dialog</button>
    <div #container class='root-container'></div>
      <ejs-dialog id='dialog' #ejDialog locale='fr-BE' showCloseIcon='true' header='Dialogue' content='Dialogue avec la culture française' [target]='targetElement' width='250px'>
      </ejs-dialog>
        `
})

export class AppComponent implements OnInit {
    @ViewChild('ejDialog') ejDialog: DialogComponent;
   // Create element reference for dialog target element.
    @ViewChild('container', { read: ElementRef }) container: ElementRef;
    // The Dialog shows within the target element.
    public targetElement: HTMLElement;
    // Sample level code to handle the button click action
    public onOpenDialog = function(event: any): void {
        // Call the show method to open the Dialog
        this.ejDialog.show();
    }
    ngOnInit() {
      // Load French culture for Dialog close button tooltip text
        L10n.load({
            'fr-BE': {
            'dialog': {
                    'close': "Fermer"
                }
            }
        });
        this.initilaizeTarget();
    }

    // Initialize the Dialog component target element.
    public initilaizeTarget: EmitType<object> = () => {
      this.targetElement = this.container.nativeElement.parentElement;
    }
}

import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';
import { DialogModule } from '@syncfusion/ej2-angular-popups';
/**
 * Module
 */
@NgModule({
    imports: [
        BrowserModule,
		DialogModule
    ],
    declarations: [AppComponent],
    bootstrap: [AppComponent]
})
export class AppModule { }

import { platformBrowserDynamic } from '@angular/platform-browser-dynamic';
import { enableProdMode } from '@angular/core';
import { AppModule } from './app.module';

enableProdMode();
platformBrowserDynamic().bootstrapModule(AppModule);

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <title>EJ2 Dialog</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <meta name="description" content="Typescript Toolbar Controls" />
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion" />
    <link href="index.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="//cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/20.1.55/ej2-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <script src="https://unpkg.com/core-js/client/shim.min.js"></script>
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/core-js/2.4.1/core.min.js"></script>
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/zone.js/0.9.0/zone.min.js"></script>
    <script src="https://unpkg.com/reflect-metadata@0.1.3"></script>
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/systemjs/0.19.38/system.js"></script>
    <script src="systemjs.config.js"></script>
</head>

<body>
    <app-root id="dialog-container">
        <div id='loader'>LOADING....</div>
    </app-root>
</body>

</html>

html,
body,
#dialog-container {
    display: block;
    height: 100%;
    margin: 0;
    overflow: hidden;
    width: 100%;
}

#container {
    visibility: hidden;
}

#loader {
    color: #008cff;
    height: 40px;
    left: 45%;
    position: absolute;
    top: 45%;
    width: 30%;
}