How can I change Django admin language?
In your settings.py just add 'django.middleware.locale.LocaleMiddleware'
to your MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES
setting, making sure it appears after 'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware'
.
You can create /en/admin
, /fr/admin/
and so on using i18n_patterns
:
urlpatterns += i18n_patterns( url(r'^admin/', include(admin.site.urls)),)
(For Django <= 1.7, you must specify a prefix, use i18n_patterns('', ... )
)
Here is a slightly modified version of a code snippet from the Django docs for admin/base.html
that adds a language selection dropdown:
{% extends "admin/base.html" %}{% load i18n %}{% block userlinks %}{{ block.super }}/ <form action="{% url 'set_language' %}" method="post" style="display:inline">{% csrf_token %} <input name="next" type="hidden" value="{{ redirect_to }}"> <select name="language" onchange="this.form.submit()"> {% get_current_language as LANGUAGE_CODE %} {% get_available_languages as LANGUAGES %} {% get_language_info_list for LANGUAGES as languages %} {% for language in languages %} <option value="{{ language.code }}"{% if language.code == LANGUAGE_CODE %} selected{% endif %}> {{ language.name_local }} ({{ language.code }}) </option> {% endfor %} </select></form>{% endblock %}
For this to work you also need to add the following to your urlpatterns
:
path('i18n/', include('django.conf.urls.i18n')),