Localized System.Windows.Media.Color name

Question

The standard color names are english names, ok. But my Application is german so I would like to have the color names in my ComboBox as german names. Instead of \"Bl

Answer 1

As a follow-up to peetee's question and link to this German page about Netscape color names, I've built a small C# wrapper class that you can drop-into your project.

To use, simply call it something similar to:

string germanName = ColorNameGermanTranslator.GetGermanName(Color.Green);

and you get the German name back. It uses the English name as a fallback.

Answer 2

No, these are property names -- as much part of the code / class definition as the String.Length property -- not resources. Property names aren't localised.

Answer 3

Sorry, the code snippet was gone ... so here it is:

<ObjectDataProvider MethodName="GetType"
                    ObjectType="{x:Type sys:Type}"
                    x:Key="colorsTypeOdp">
    <ObjectDataProvider.MethodParameters>
        <sys:String>System.Windows.Media.Colors, PresentationCore,
    Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, 
    PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35</sys:String>
    </ObjectDataProvider.MethodParameters>
</ObjectDataProvider>

Answer 4

I have found a useful table that gives me some Translations (english names and german ones) The table can be found here.

I will use the texts and a Converter to display the German color names.