Hiding language preference flags while on Windows platforms.

Windows has an issue displaying country flag emoji. This is a platform issue which does not even appear to be fixed in Win11. As a result this fix will just hide the emoji when a windows operating system is detected.
resolves #606
pull/696/head
Jeremy S 2023-04-04 21:55:05 -04:00
parent a75fb08ef1
commit f69065ca79
1 changed files with 11 additions and 2 deletions

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@ -436,10 +436,19 @@ const Appearance = () => {
const Language = () => {
const { t, i18n } = useTranslation();
const labelId = "prefLanguage";
const randomFlags = shuffle(["🇬🇧", "🇺🇸", "🇪🇸", "🇫🇷", "🇧🇬", "🇨🇿", "🇩🇪", "🇵🇱", "🇺🇦", "🇨🇳", "🇮🇹", "🇭🇺", "🇧🇷", "🇳🇱", "🇮🇩", "🇯🇵", "🇷🇺", "🇹🇷"]).slice(0, 3);
const title = t("prefs_appearance_language_title") + " " + randomFlags.join(" ");
const lang = i18n.language ?? "en";
// Country flags are displayed using emoji. Emoji rendereing is handled by platform fonts.
// Windows in particular does not yet play nicely with flag emoji so for now, hide flags on Windows.
// Note: There are ways around this by using custom fonts. This appears to be implemented in Firefox...
// Not worth the hassle.
const randomFlags = shuffle(["🇬🇧", "🇺🇸", "🇪🇸", "🇫🇷", "🇧🇬", "🇨🇿", "🇩🇪", "🇵🇱", "🇺🇦", "🇨🇳", "🇮🇹", "🇭🇺", "🇧🇷", "🇳🇱", "🇮🇩", "🇯🇵", "🇷🇺", "🇹🇷"]).slice(0, 3);
const showFlags = !navigator.userAgent.includes("Windows");
let title = t("prefs_appearance_language_title");
if (showFlags === true) {
title += " " + randomFlags.join(" ");
}
const handleChange = async (ev) => {
await i18n.changeLanguage(ev.target.value);
await maybeUpdateAccountSettings({