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| author | Tor Arne Vestbø <tor.arne.vestbo@qt.io> | 2023-04-17 17:10:41 +0200 |
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| committer | Tor Arne Vestbø <tor.arne.vestbo@qt.io> | 2023-04-20 13:43:27 +0200 |
| commit | c4357b304dc7f06ce7fd22112c977b12e8d6bcb6 (patch) | |
| tree | 3b69e7c015685ef5e09e90e63eb5d78f8a61fa9f | |
| parent | ca84477e48942fa3a6bcc1751d60889d736211f8 (diff) | |
| download | qtdoc-c4357b304dc7f06ce7fd22112c977b12e8d6bcb6.tar.gz | |
Document how macOS chooses the locale and languages for an application
Pick-to: 6.5
Task-number: QTBUG-104930
Change-Id: Ia1c4421df00bdb28cda4aa5eacc20f768f4ef579
Reviewed-by: Timur Pocheptsov <timur.pocheptsov@qt.io>
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/platforms/macos.qdoc | 21 |
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/platforms/macos.qdoc b/doc/src/platforms/macos.qdoc index 4f2e3498..364337d1 100644 --- a/doc/src/platforms/macos.qdoc +++ b/doc/src/platforms/macos.qdoc @@ -429,6 +429,27 @@ mouse clicks, and maps to a control-click with the \macos one-button mouse support. + \section1 Internationalization + + Applications on \macos declare their supported languages as part of the + \c Info.plist of the application. The system will then match the application's + supported languages with the user's language preferences to determine the locale + the application is launched in. This in turn determines the ordered languages + reflected through QLocale::uiLanguages(), and how system frameworks such as + AppKit pick up their localized resources, such as menu titles and strings. + + As Qt apps are not translated out of the box, the default generated \c Info.plist + for \c CMake and \c qmake projects sets + \l{https://developer.apple.com/documentation/bundleresources/information_property_list/cfbundleallowmixedlocalizations?language=objc} + {\c CFBundleAllowMixedLocalizations} to \c YES, to allow system frameworks to pick + the localization that best matches the user's language preferences, even if that + localization is not available for the application itself. Once you add translations + to your application, via e.g. \l qt_add_translations, you should remove + \l{https://developer.apple.com/documentation/bundleresources/information_property_list/cfbundleallowmixedlocalizations?language=objc} + {\c CFBundleAllowMixedLocalizations} + and replace it with \l{https://developer.apple.com/documentation/bundleresources/information_property_list/cfbundlelocalizations?language=objc} + {\c CFBundleLocalizations}, listing all the languages you support. + \section1 Menu Bar Qt detects menu bars and turns them into Mac native menu bars. Fitting this |