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HTML language attribute does not get updated on multilingual pages
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Steps to reproduce the issue
Multilingual site required. HTML language attribute will only get added for the default language and does not change on other langages.
Expected result
Eg:
<html lang="en-gb" dir="ltr">
Should become on french version of same page:
<html lang="fr-fr" dir="ltr">
but does not
Actual result
Eg:
<html lang="en-gb" dir="ltr">
remains
<html lang="en-gb" dir="ltr">
System information (as much as possible)
Joomla! 3.9.21 Tested in PHP 7.4
Additional comments
Can be fixed by changing index.php of template from:
<html lang="<?php echo $this->language; ?>" dir="<?php echo $this->direction; ?>">
to:
<html lang="<?php echo $_REQUEST['language'];?>" dir="<?= $this->direction ?>"
@drjjw Did you notice the first line in the issue template when filling out this issue?
If you are submitting an issue for the Joomla! CMS, please submit it at https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/issues/new instead. You may remove this line from the issue template.
To me it seems this is exactly the case. Your issue reads to me as if it was for the CMS.
If this is the case, please do as advised. Use the link to create the issue: https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/issues/new.
Thanks in advance.
@drjjw P.S. And after having created the issue at the right place, close it here.