Change order of languages

[Claude]

I am building a small multi language page and everything is up and running smoothly!
Except: the client would like to rearrange the languages showing in the language switcher. It is currently showing the default order from Setup > Languages and starts with the default language. 

Is there a way to move them around and have them in different order? 

Cheers

Claude

[interrobang]

You can sort the languages in the site tree (Admin/Setup/languages)

[Claude]

I don't get it... I can't move anything on admin/setup/languages/, there is just the list with my languages to click on. 

[interrobang]

When you click on one of your languages in the site tree you don't get the usual "edit", "new", "move" menu?

I am talking about moving the language pages in the site tree an the left side of the screen, not in the languages setup page you see when you go through the setup link in the top navigation.

Btw, welcome to the forum!

[adrian]

Are you in the page tree - see attached screenshot

EDIT: What interrobang said

[Claude]

Thanks guys! Not that hard to find if I think about it.....

Cheers!

[a_marffy]

Hi all!

I have the exact same problem and try to reorder the languages. I also moved them around (yes, in the page tree), but the order on my client's site stays the same (default, français, deutsch).

Is there something wrong with my code that generates the language picker?

<?php 

// remember what language is set to
$savedLanguage = $user->language; 

foreach($languages as $language) {

  // if this page isn't viewable (active) for the language, skip it
  if(!$page->viewable($language)) continue;

  // set the user's language, so that the $page->url and any other
  // fields we access from it will be reflective of the $language
  $user->language = $language;
  
  $activeClass = $savedLanguage == $user->language ? ' class="active"' : '';

  // output a link to this page in the other language
  echo "<li><a$activeClass href='$page->url'>$language->title</a></li>";
}
// restore the original language setting 
$user->language = $savedLanguage; 

?>

Thanks, tron1000

[Soma]

$languages does not return languages in the order as they're in the tree.

But you could get language yourself since language is a page with template "language"... and add a sort=sort.

$allLangs = $pages->find("template=language, include=all, sort=sort");

[a_marffy]

Thanks a lot Soma! It works perfectly now.