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title: "Vision - Language Selector"
description: "The Language Selector component gives an easy way to set the user's locale to control display of dates, times, numbers, and the language used for translations."
---

# Vision - Language Selector

> The Language Selector component gives an easy way to set the user's locale to control display of dates, times, numbers, and the language used for translations.

![](languageselector.png)

**Component Palette Icon**

![](languageselector1.png)

## Properties
| Property 	| Description 	| Property Type 	| Scripting 	| Category 	|
|---	|---	|---	|---	|---	|
| Background Color 	| The background color of the component. 	| Color 	| .background 	| Appearance 	|
| Border 	| The border surrounding this component. No border, Etched (Lowered), Etched (Raised), Bevel (Lowered), Bevel (Raised), Bevel (Double), Field Border, and Line Border.**Note**: The border is unaffected by rotation. As of 8.1.21, the "Button Border" and "Other Border" options are removed. 	| Border 	| .border 	| Common 	|
| Font 	| Font of text on this component. 	| Font 	| .font 	| Appearance 	|
| Foreground Color 	| The foreground color of the component. 	| Color 	| .foreground 	| Appearance 	|
| Mouseover Text 	| The text that is displayed in the tooltip which pops up on mouseover of this component. 	| String 	| .toolTipText 	| Common 	|
| Name 	| The name of this component. 	| String 	| .name 	| Common 	|
| Selected Locale 	| The display name of the currently selected locale. (Read only. Usable in bindings and scripting.) 	| String 	| .selectedLocale 	| Uncategorized 	|
| Selection Background 	| The background color of a selected cell in the dropdown list. 	| Color 	| .selectionBackground 	| Appearance 	|
| Visible 	| If disabled, the component will be hidden. 	| boolean 	| .visible 	| Common 	|

## Scripting

### Component Functions
This component does not have component functions associated with it.

### Extension Functions
This component does not have extension functions associated with it.

### Event Handlers
Event handlers allow you to run a script based off specific triggers. See the full list of available event handlers on the [Component Events](ignition-modules/vision/scripting-in-vision/component-events/component-events.md) page

## Customizers
This component does not have any customizers.

## Example

### Select Between Languages

![](languageselected2.png)

No property changes were made to this component for this example, but there must be at least one Spanish translation in the system.