Moodle desktop chooses the wrong language for displaying my site

Re: Moodle desktop chooses the wrong language for displaying my site

by Juan Leyva -
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Hi German,

the Mobile app doesn't download the language packs from the server, language packs come inside the binary that is installed on your phone, tablet or desktop (this is why via the app settings you can choose a different language).

In your case, it seems that the problem is that the browser embedded inside Moodle Desktop (Moodle Desktop uses a Chromium browser inside) does not come with support for es_es so it fallbacks to es when it detects that your macOS uses es_es.

Could you upload somewhere a screenshot of the following screen of Moodle Desktop (Configuración -> Acerca de), please, be sure that the section "Agente de usuario del navegador" and "Lenguage del navegador" it is visible in your screenshot.

Juan

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Re: Moodle desktop chooses the wrong language for displaying my site

by German Valero -
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Hi Juan,

I used another Macbook that has Firefox as the default browser and English as the default language for Firefox, and now my Moodle site in Moodle desktop has an English interface !



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Re: Moodle desktop chooses the wrong language for displaying my site

by German Valero -
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Hi Juan,

I can not find the (Configuración -> Acerca de) setting for my Moodle Desktop !

Can you please guide me

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Re: Moodle desktop chooses the wrong language for displaying my site

by German Valero -
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Hi Juan,

If I try to search for Configuración inside the Moodle Desktop top menu I get Mac Help for Mac usage topics !

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Re: Moodle desktop chooses the wrong language for displaying my site

by Ralf Krause -
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Hi German,

normally you will find all app settings in the first app menu under the app name in macOS. No, Moodle Desktop is not a normal Mac app in this case! 

Moodle Desktop does all the same things like Moodle Mobile. So you will find the language setting at the same place as you find it in Moodle Mobile. When you are connected with a Moodle site then you can open the main menu and you will find the settings at the bottom of the main menu. 

Ralf

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Re: Moodle desktop chooses the wrong language for displaying my site

by German Valero -
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Hi Ralf,

Thanks for the explanation and the images.

In my old Macbook with an old, non-retina display, the 'App settings' submenu was way too low, outside of the visible screen, and hidden from plain view. Only when I scrolled down, I could then (easily) see the 'App settings' submenu and change the language setting.

Now everything is shown in the right language pack.

Still, I wonder why the Moodle Desktop app did not choose my preferred Moodle language pack. There are 31 language packs to choose from smile

Many thanks to Ralf and Juan.


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