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(Nice to have) Allow complete customization of string formatting in the preferences page

Open sharky98 opened this issue 2 years ago • 2 comments

Describe the problem

The formatting I like to use if often a mix of different "languages" formatting. My own ideal view for my picky brain is the following, which no locales cater to (obviously! 😅).

  • ISO date 2035-11-25;
  • 24-hours clock with a colon 15:34;
  • A dot decimal separator 12.81;
  • A space thousand separator 2 794.83;
  • Dollar sign after the number, with a space 2 794.83 $.

Describe the solution you'd like

Added on top of proposed solution in #4429, having a <select/> field for each kind of value to select a specific format, similar to what the Windows Region and Language dialog is doing.

Describe alternatives you've considered

An less intensive alternative (but not fully answering to the problem) would be to split the interface language and format language so that a user could have a bit more control (like me having the français (Canada) interface language but using svenska (Finland) for string format as being the closest to my picky brain expectation!).

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sharky98 avatar Nov 13 '23 14:11 sharky98

Yes, something like that is planned. I doubt that I will offer every single field. But splitting locale for translations and formats, seems to best the best trade-off for now, between required work and potential win.

kevinpapst avatar Nov 13 '23 14:11 kevinpapst

This probably supersedes #3934

sierja avatar Jan 16 '24 12:01 sierja