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use synonyms to accept zh-HK
mapmeld Jul 26, 2025
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include HK example
mapmeld Jul 26, 2025
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rename ALT_LOCALES
mapmeld Jul 26, 2025
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use recursion to reduce long locales by piece
mapmeld Jul 26, 2025
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add locales, change recursive calls to a while loop
mapmeld Aug 5, 2025
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add tests
mapmeld Aug 5, 2025
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remove change to browserLanguagefn
mapmeld Aug 7, 2025
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35 changes: 35 additions & 0 deletions examples/zh-HK.html
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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang='zh-HK'>
<head>
<meta charset='utf-8' />
<title>Mapbox GL Language</title>
<meta name='viewport' content='initial-scale=1,maximum-scale=1,user-scalable=no' />
<script src='https://api.tiles.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-js/v2.4.0/mapbox-gl.js'></script>
<link href='https://api.tiles.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-js/v2.4.0/mapbox-gl.css' rel='stylesheet' />
<script src='../index.js'></script>
<style>
body { margin:0; padding:0; }
#map { position:absolute; top:0; bottom:0; width:100%; }
</style>
</head>
<body lang='zh-HK'>

<div id='map'></div>
<script>
mapboxgl.accessToken = 'pk.eyJ1IjoibHVrYXNtYXJ0aW5lbGxpIiwiYSI6ImNpem85dmhwazAyajIyd284dGxhN2VxYnYifQ.HQCmyhEXZUTz3S98FMrVAQ';
var map = new mapboxgl.Map({
container: 'map',
style: 'mapbox://styles/mapbox/streets-v11',
center: [114.3, 22.3],
minZoom: 2,
zoom: 9,
language: 'zh-HK',
});
mapboxgl.setRTLTextPlugin('https://api.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-js/plugins/mapbox-gl-rtl-text/v0.2.3/mapbox-gl-rtl-text.js');
map.addControl(new MapboxLanguage({
defaultLanguage: 'zh-HK'
}));
</script>

</body>
</html>
39 changes: 29 additions & 10 deletions index.js
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/* accept lowercased values from common locale selectors */
const ALT_LOCALES = {
'zh-cn': 'zh-Hans',
'zh-hk': 'zh-Hant',
'zh-mo': 'zh-Hant',
'zh-sg': 'zh-Hans',
'zh-tw': 'zh-Hant',
};

/**
* Create a new [Mapbox GL JS plugin](https://www.mapbox.com/blog/build-mapbox-gl-js-plugins/) that
* modifies the layers of the map style to use the `text-field` that matches the browser language.
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* @returns {object} the modified style
*/
MapboxLanguage.prototype.setLanguage = function (style, language) {
if (this.supportedLanguages.indexOf(language) < 0) throw new Error(`Language ${ language } is not supported`);
language = ALT_LOCALES[language.toLowerCase()] || language;

while (this.supportedLanguages.indexOf(language) < 0) {
if (language.indexOf('-') > -1) {
language = language.slice(0, language.lastIndexOf('-'));
} else {
throw new Error(`Language ${ language } is not supported`);
}
}
const streetsSource = this._languageSource || findStreetsSource(style);
if (!streetsSource) return style;

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};

function browserLanguage(supportedLanguages) {
const language = navigator.languages ? navigator.languages[0] : (navigator.language || navigator.userLanguage);
const parts = language && language.split('-');
let languageCode = language;
if (parts.length > 1) {
languageCode = parts[0];
}
if (supportedLanguages.indexOf(languageCode) > -1) {
return languageCode;
let language = navigator.languages ? navigator.languages[0] : (navigator.language || navigator.userLanguage);
language = ALT_LOCALES[language.toLowerCase()] || language;

while (supportedLanguages.indexOf(language) < 0) {
if (language.indexOf('-') > -1) {
// reduce longer locales (en-US, zh-Hant-TW) to shorter forms
language = language.slice(0, language.lastIndexOf('-'));
} else {
return null;
}
}
return null;
return language;
}

MapboxLanguage.prototype.onAdd = function (map) {
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35 changes: 35 additions & 0 deletions test/index.test.js
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Expand Up @@ -165,5 +165,40 @@ test('MapboxLanguage', (t) => {
t.end();
});

test('longer locales', (t) => {
const language = new MapboxLanguage();
const layers = [{
'id': 'state-label-sm',
'source': 'composite',
'source-layer': 'state_label',
'layout': {
'text-letter-spacing': 0.15,
'text-field': ['get', 'name']
}
}];
const style = makeStyle(layers);

const enStyle = language.setLanguage(style, 'en-US');
t.deepEqual(enStyle.layers[0].layout, {
'text-letter-spacing': 0.15,
'text-field': [
'coalesce',
['get', 'name_en'],
['get', 'name']
]
}, 'shorter locale name');

const zhStyle = language.setLanguage(style, 'zh-HK');
t.deepEqual(zhStyle.layers[0].layout, {
'text-letter-spacing': 0.15,
'text-field': [
'coalesce',
['get', 'name_zh-Hant'],
['get', 'name']
]
}, 'zh hans/hant name');
t.end();
});

t.end();
});