Component

Translation navigation

A list of links to available translations

The active property indicates the current language.

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How it looks (preview) (preview all)

How to call this component

<%= render "govuk_publishing_components/components/translation_nav", {
  translations: [
    {
      locale: "en",
      base_path: "/en",
      text: "English",
      active: true
    },
    {
      locale: "hi",
      base_path: "/hi",
      text: "हिंदी"
    }
  ]
} %>

Accessibility acceptance criteria

The component must:

• be a landmark with a navigation role
• have an accessible name in the current language, eg “Translations”

The translation links must:

• identify the language of the text

  Watch a screen reader pronounce text differently based on lang attribute

Links in the component must:

• accept focus
• be focusable with a keyboard
• be usable with a keyboard
• indicate when they have focus
• change in appearance when touched (in the touch-down state)
• change in appearance when hovered
• be usable with touch
• be usable with voice commands
• have visible text
• have meaningful text

Other examples

Multiple translations (preview)

<%= render "govuk_publishing_components/components/translation_nav", {
  translations: [
    {
      locale: "en",
      base_path: "/en",
      text: "English",
      active: true
    },
    {
      locale: "fr",
      base_path: "/fr",
      text: "Français"
    },
    {
      locale: "hi",
      base_path: "/hi",
      text: "हिंदी"
    },
    {
      locale: "ja",
      base_path: "/ja",
      text: "日本語"
    },
    {
      locale: "ur",
      base_path: "/ur",
      text: "اردو"
    },
    {
      locale: "zh",
      base_path: "/zh",
      text: "中文"
    }
  ]
} %>

Right to left (preview)

<%= render "govuk_publishing_components/components/translation_nav", {
  translations: [
    {
      locale: "en",
      base_path: "/en",
      text: "English"
    },
    {
      locale: "ar",
      base_path: "/ar",
      text: "العربية",
      active: true
    }
  ]
} %>

With branding (preview)

Organisation colour branding can be added to the component as shown.

<%= render "govuk_publishing_components/components/translation_nav", {
  brand: "wales-office",
  translations: [
    {
      locale: "en",
      base_path: "/en",
      text: "English",
      active: true
    },
    {
      locale: "cy",
      base_path: "/cy",
      text: "Cymraeg"
    }
  ]
} %>

With no top margin (preview)

<%= render "govuk_publishing_components/components/translation_nav", {
  no_margin_top: true,
  translations: [
    {
      locale: "en",
      base_path: "/en",
      text: "English",
      active: true
    },
    {
      locale: "cy",
      base_path: "/cy",
      text: "Cymraeg"
    }
  ]
} %>

With data attributes on links (preview)

Data attributes can be passed for each link as shown.

<%= render "govuk_publishing_components/components/translation_nav", {
  translations: [
    {
      locale: "en",
      base_path: "/en",
      text: "English",
      active: true,
      data_attributes: {
        an_attribute: "some_value1"
      }
    },
    {
      locale: "cy",
      base_path: "/cy",
      text: "Cymraeg",
      data_attributes: {
        an_attribute: "some_value2"
      }
    }
  ]
} %>

Inverse (preview)

<%= render "govuk_publishing_components/components/translation_nav", {
  inverse: true,
  translations: [
    {
      locale: "en",
      base_path: "/en",
      text: "English",
      active: true
    },
    {
      locale: "cy",
      base_path: "/cy",
      text: "Cymraeg"
    }
  ]
} %>