Simple localization for Preact.
- Tiny: about 1.2kb gzipped
- Supports dictionary and key scopes/namespaces while maintaining a global dictionary
- Supports nested dictionaries:
- Wrap your component in a default dictionary and scope key
- Wrap it again later on (in an app!) to override the defaults
- Supports pluralization of strings using nested objects.
- Supports template
{{fields}}
in definition values
npm install --save preact-i18n
- Create a definition. Typically JSON files, we'll call ours
fr.json
:
{
"news": {
"title": "Nouvelles du Monde",
"totalStories": {
"none": "Aucun article",
"one": "Un article",
"many": "{{count}} articles"
}
}
}
- Expose the definition to your whole app via
<IntlProvider>
:
import { IntlProvider } from 'preact-i18n';
import definition from './fr.json';
render(
<IntlProvider definition={definition}>
<App />
</IntlProvider>
);
- Use
<Text />
to translate string literals:
import { Text } from 'preact-i18n';
// Assume the "stories" prop is a list of news stories.
const App = ({ stories=[] }) => (
<div class="app">
<h1>
{/* Default fallback text example: */}
<Text id="news.title">World News</Text>
</h1>
<footer>
{/* Pluralization example: */}
<Text
id="news.totalStories"
plural={stories.length}
fields={{
count: stories.length
}}
/>
</footer>
</div>
);
That's it!
Rendering our example app with an empty definition (or without the Provider) will attempt to use any text contained within <Text>..</Text>
as fallback text.
In our example, this would mean rendering without a definition for news.title
would produce <h1>World News</h1>
.
If we provide a definition that has a title
key inside a news
object, that value will be rendered instead.
In our example, <footer>
is using <Text>
as a convenient way to do pluralization and templating. In our definition, news.totalStories
is an Object with pluralization keys. The values in that object will be selected based on an integer plural
prop passed to <Text>
.
Any definition value (including pluralization values) can contain {{field}}
placeholders. These placeholders get replaced with matched keys in an object passed as the fields
prop. In our example, the "many" plural form is such a template - it will render "5 articles"
when fields={{ count: 5 }}
.
The available forms for specifying pluralization values are as follows:
"key": { "singular":"apple", "plural":"apples" }
"key": { "none":"no apples", "one":"apple", "many":"apples" }
"key": ["apples", "apple"]
Taking <Text id="news.totalStories" ..>
from our example:
<.. plural={0}>
rendersAucun article
(no articles)<.. plural={1}>
rendersUn article
(one article)<.. plural={2} fields={{ count: 2 }}>
renders2 articles
<.. plural={3} fields={{ count: 3 }}>
renders3 articles
In addition to <Text>
, withText()
and <Localizer>
provide ways to translate more than just display text - HTML attributes, component props, arbitrary Strings, etc.
Extends Component
<IntlProvider>
is a nestable internationalization definition provider.
It exposes an Intl scope & definition into the tree,
making them available to descendant components.
Note: When nested, gives precedence to keys higher up the tree! This means lower-level components can set their defaults by wrapping themselves in an
<IntlProvider>
, but still remain localizable by their parent components.
Parameters
props
props.scope
String? Nestdefinition
under a root key, and set the active scope for the tree (essentially prefixing all<Text />
keys).props.mark
Boolean Iftrue
, all<Text>
elements will be shown with a red/green background indicating whether they have valid Intl keys. (optional, defaultfalse
)props.definition
Object Merge the given definition into the current intl definition, giving the current definition precedence (i.e., only adding keys, acting as defaults) (optional, default{}
)
Examples
// generally imported from a JSON file:
let definition = {
foo: 'Le Feux'
};
<IntlProvider scope="weather" definition={definition}>
<Text key="foo">The Foo</Text>
</IntlProvider>
// This will render the text:
"Le Feux"
<Localizer />
is a Compositional Component.
It "renders" out any <Text />
values in its child's props.
Parameters
props
Objectprops.children
Object Child components with props to localize.
context
Objectcontext.intl
Object [internal] dictionary and scope info
Examples
<Localizer>
<input placeholder={<Text id="username.placeholder" />} />
</Localizer>
// produces:
<input placeholder="foo" />
<Localizer>
<abbr title={<Text id="oss-title">Open Source Software</Text>}>
<Text id="oss">OSS</Text>
</abbr>
</Localizer>
// produces:
<abbr title="Open Source Software">OSS</abbr>
<Text>
renders internationalized text.
It attempts to look up translated values from a dictionary in context.
Template strings can contain {{field}}
placeholders,
which injects values from the fields
prop.
When string lookup fails, renders its children as fallback text.
Parameters
Examples
// If there is no dictionary in context..
<Text id="foo">The Foo</Text>
// ..produces the text:
"The Foo"
// Given a dictionary and some fields..
<IntlProvider definition={{ foo:'Le Feux {{bar}}' }}>
<Text id="foo" fields={{ bar: 'BEAR' }}>The Foo</Text>
</IntlProvider>
// ..produces the text:
"Le Feux BEAR"
// Within a scope, both `id` and the definition are namespaced..
<IntlProvider scope="weather" definition={{ foo:'Le Feux' }}>
<Text id="foo">The Foo</Text>
</IntlProvider>
// ..produces the text:
"Le Feux"
@withText()
is a Higher Order Component, often used as a decorator.
It wraps a child component and passes it translations based on a mapping to the dictionary & scope in context.
Parameters
Examples
@withText({
placeholder: 'user.placeholder'
})
class Foo {
// now the `placeholder` prop is our localized String:
render({ placeholder }) {
return <input placeholder={placeholder} />
}
}
@withText({
placeholder: <Text id="user.placeholder">fallback text</Text>
})
class Foo {
render({ placeholder }) {
return <input placeholder={placeholder} />
}
}
@withText('user.placeholder')
class Foo {
// for Strings/Arrays, the last path segment becomes the prop name:
render({ placeholder }) {
return <input placeholder={placeholder} />
}
}
// Works with functional components, too:
const Foo = withText('user.placeholder')( props =>
<input placeholder={props.placeholder} />
)
Higher-order function that creates an <IntlProvider />
wrapper component for the given component. It
takes two forms depending on how many arguments it's given:
It can take a functional form like:
intl(ComponentToWrap, options)
or it can take an annotation form like:
Parameters
args
...anyoptions
Object If there are two arguments, the second argument is Passed asprops
to<IntlProvider />
options.scope
Nestdefinition
under a root key, and set the active scope for the tree (essentially prefixing all<Text />
keys).options.definition
Merge the given definition into the current intl definition, giving the current definition precedence (i.e., only adding keys, acting as defaults) (optional, default{}
)