How can I change Django admin language?

Question

I have a django 1.6 site with i18n working. I can change the frontend language with a select box in the top of the template, but I don\'t know if there is a django app or trick

Answer 1

Here is a slightly modified version of a code snippet from the Django docs for admin/base.html that adds a language selection dropdown:

{% block userlinks %}
{{ block.super }}
/ 
{% csrf_token %}
    
    
        {% get_current_language as LANGUAGE_CODE %}
        {% get_available_languages as LANGUAGES %}
        {% get_language_info_list for LANGUAGES as languages %}
        {% for language in languages %}
            
                {{ language.name_local }} ({{ language.code }})
            
        {% endfor %}
    

{% endblock %}

For this to work you also need to add the following to your urlpatterns:

path('i18n/', include('django.conf.urls.i18n')),