Scroll Translations: How can I refer to the language key in a user macro written with Velocity

Hi,

I hope someone can help me with the following user macro:

I wrote a user macro that is able to interpret the language key of the sv-translation macro and to put the right quotation marks around the body (ui elements) depending on the language.

## @noparams
<ac:structured-macro ac:name="sv-translation" ac:schema-version="1"><ac:parameter ac:name="language">de</ac:parameter><ac:rich-text-body>&bdquo;$body“</ac:rich-text-body></ac:structured-macro>

<ac:structured-macro ac:name="sv-translation" ac:schema-version="1"><ac:parameter ac:name="language">en</ac:parameter><ac:rich-text-body>“$body”</ac:rich-text-body></ac:structured-macro>

<ac:structured-macro ac:name="sv-translation" ac:schema-version="1"><ac:parameter ac:name="language">fr</ac:parameter><ac:rich-text-body>« $body »</ac:rich-text-body></ac:structured-macro>

Maybe there are easier ways but that works for me.

In a next step, I would like to write a new user macro for menu paths in the style like:

"File" > "Reports" > "Daily"

So far I have managed to add the quotation marks und the greater than sign and to differ between two and three menu items.

#set( $template_1 = "&bdquo;$paramMenu1“ > &bdquo;$paramMenu2“")
#set( $template_2 = "&bdquo;$paramMenu1“ > &bdquo;$paramMenu2“ > &bdquo;$paramMenu3“")
#set( $template_1 = "“$paramMenu1” > “$paramMenu2”")
#set( $template_2 = "“$paramMenu1” > “$paramMenu2” > “$paramMenu3”")

#if( $paramMenu3)
$template_2
#else
$template_1
#end

But now I do not know how I can add the language key part into this macro so the macro automatically uses the right quotation marks depending on the language.

It would be great if anyone had an idea how I can refer to the language key using Velocity or how I could apply the sv-translation macro to my use case.

Thanks for any help and ideas in advance,

Nicole

var scroll = Scroll;
if(scroll != null) {
var scrollLanguage = Scroll.Versions.Context.user.currentLanguage;
var languageKey = scrollLanguage.key; // returns e.g. "en"
var languageName = scrollLanguage.displayName; // returns e.g. "English"
}

Daria Huber (K15t) April 17, 2020 08:03

Hi Nicole,

language parameter is not available over velocity but you can get it over Java Script Context Scroll.Versions.Context.user.currentLanguage.

Hope that helps!

Cheers,

Daria

Nicole Fischer April 17, 2020 08:08

Hello Daria,

Thank you very much for your reply. Unfortunately, I have no experience with Java Script. Could you help me more precisely in terms of how and where to use your idea, please?

Thank you very much in advance.

Nicole Fischer April 23, 2020 08:36

Hello,

I have been trying the following JavaScript:

var element = document.getElementById('main-content').innerHTML=Scroll.Versions.Context.user.currentLanguage.toString();

</SCRIPT>

The script returns [object Object]. So it seems to me as if I am accessing the right thing but I do not know how to return the language.

Can anyone help?

Bastian Kippelt February 01, 2021 21:05

I would also be interested in reading the selected language of an area via REST, session access or directly via Java in the plugin.

Bastian Kippelt February 01, 2021 21:18

Nicole Fischer you can access this javascript object with this code:

Return Value of Scroll.Versions.Context.user.currentLanguage

    {
      displayName: "English"
      encodedKey: "en"
      isOriginal: false
      key: "en"
    }

Scroll Translations: How can I refer to the language key in a user macro written with Velocity

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