language-menu data processor

The processor \TYPO3\CMS\Frontend\DataProcessing\LanguageMenuProcessor, alias language-menu, generates a list of language menu items which can be assigned to the FLUIDTEMPLATE as a variable.

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Hint

The third-party extension b13/menus also provides a language menu processor: \B13\Menus\DataProcessing\LanguageMenu.

Refer to the manual of the extension b13/menus for more information.

Options:

Name	Type	Default
if	if condition
languages	string / stdWrap
addQueryString.exclude	string / stdWrap
as	string

if

if

Type: if condition

Only if the condition is met the data processor is executed.

languages

languages

Type: string / stdWrap
Default: "auto"
Example: "0,1,2"

A list of comma-separated language IDs (e.g. 0,1,2) to use for the menu creation or auto to load from the site configuration.

addQueryString.exclude

addQueryString.exclude

Type: string / stdWrap
Default: ""
Example: "gclid,contrast"

A list of comma-separated parameter names to be excluded from the language menu URLs.

as

as

Type: string
Default: defaults to the fieldName

The variable name to be used in the Fluid template.

Example: Menu of all language from site configuration

Please see also About the examples.

TypoScript

Using the LanguageMenuProcessor the following scenario is possible:

        EXT:examples/Configuration/TypoScript/DataProcessors/Processors/LanguageMenuProcessor.typoscript
    

tt_content {
  examples_dataproclang =< lib.contentElement
  examples_dataproclang {
    templateName = DataProcLangMenu
    dataProcessing.10 = language-menu
    dataProcessing.10 {
      languages = auto
      as = languageNavigation
    }
  }
}

The Fluid template

This generated menu can be used in Fluid like this:

        EXT:examples/Resources/Private/Templates/ContentElements/DataProcLangMenu.fluid.html
    

<html data-namespace-typo3-fluid="true" xmlns:f="http://typo3.org/ns/TYPO3/CMS/Fluid/ViewHelpers">
  <h2>Data in variable languageNavigation</h2>
  <f:debug inline="true">{languageNavigation}</f:debug>

  <h2>Output</h2>
  <f:if condition="{languageNavigation}">
    <ul id="language" class="language-menu">
      <f:for each="{languageNavigation}" as="item">
        <li class="{f:if(condition: item.active, then: 'active')}
            {f:if(condition: item.available, else: ' text-muted')}">
          <f:if condition="{item.available}">
            <f:then>
              <a href="{item.link}" hreflang="{item.hreflang}"
                title="{item.navigationTitle}">
                <span>{item.navigationTitle}</span>
              </a>
            </f:then>
            <f:else>
              <span>{item.navigationTitle}</span>
            </f:else>
          </f:if>
        </li>
      </f:for>
    </ul>
  </f:if>

</html>

Output

The array now contains information on all languages as defined in the site configuration. As the current page is not translated into German, the German language has the item.available set to false. It therefore does not get linked in the template.