i18n.getUILanguage()

Gets the UI language of the browser. This is different from i18n.getAcceptLanguages which returns the preferred user languages.

See the Internationalization page for a guide on using this function.

Syntax

browser.i18n.getUILanguage()

Parameters

None.

Return value

string. The browser UI language code as an i18n.LanguageCode.

Browser compatibility

BCD tables only load in the browser

Examples

let uiLanguage = browser.i18n.getUILanguage();
console.log(uiLanguage);

//e.g. "fr"

Note: This API is based on Chromium's chrome.i18n API. This documentation is derived from i18n.json in the Chromium code.

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