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I am trying to get the lang value from the HTML tag, but the current JavaScript I am using doesn't work.
This is the HTML code I am trying to access:
<html lang="it-IT">
And the Javascript
if(navigator.appName == 'Netscape')
{
langType = navigator.language;
}
else
{
langType = navigator.browserLanguage;
}
but in testing I still get the value "EN-us"
Can anyone help?
Thanks!
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To read the html element lang attribute value with JavaScript, we can use the getElementsByTagName and getAttribute methods. to call getElementsByTagName to get the html element object. Then we call html. getAttribute with 'lang' to get the lang attribute value of the html element.
The lang property sets or returns the value of an element's lang attribute. The lang attribute specifies the element's language code, like "en" for English, "es" for Spanish, or "fr" for French.
$("html"). attr("lang") works just fine for me when extrapolating from the example you have given. Can you post more details? check if all your scripts are running (with firebug - see if no error); and also your html is valid.
The HTMLElement. lang property gets or sets the base language of an element's attribute values and text content. The language code returned by this property is defined in RFC 5646: Tags for Identifying Languages (also known as BCP 47).
Use
document.documentElement.lang
As Rob has commented, your code gets the browser's language and not the document's.
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try this
var language = document.getElementsByTagName("html")[0].getAttribute("lang");
I haven't tried it, but it should work.
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