#REGION X OS X CODE#

#REGION X OS X CODE#

If the OS-specified regional language doesn't match Microsoft Edge's preferred language, the Limited option will act as if Never was selected and will fall back to the regional code derived from the browser's preferred display language. The Limited option compares the language part of the regional code that is derived from the browser's current preferred display language, and the regional code coming from the OS setting, and if the language parts match and if the resulting regional code is a valid combination, will provide the regional code to websites as the default locale. Limited ensures that for language processing, websites will provide a consistent language experience (not mixing languages in unpredictable combinations). This setting uses only valid combinations of the user's current Microsoft Edge preferred language and the user's chosen OS regional preference. The default, recommended value is Limited. Users have three options on Microsoft Edge to select the level of information their browser will share about their regions: Microsoft Edge sends the regional codes in the order that's specified in edge://settings/languages.Ĭode inserted into a website that allows the browsers to display the correct regional formatting (as defined in Settings > Languages > Preferred languages) for user input and other content produced locally. This language/region is also used for formatting values such as date, time, and numbers.Ī list of regional codes (as defined in Settings > Languages > Preferred languages) that's sent to the server to allow a website to display the right language. The language selected for rendering Microsoft Edge. Preferred languages in the Settings > Languages page The UI, HTTP header, and API interact as follows: Language or region data The user can then change the language preferences in edge://settings/languages and sort them in priority order. To set the user's language preferences, Microsoft Edge gets the default values from the OS when it is first installed. For more information, see ICU-TC Home Page. ICU is an implementation of the Unicode standard's Internationalization API. Microsoft Edge uses ICU to understand regional codes.

In general, the website's internationalization user experiences are only as good as the regional code that they're able to determine for the current user.Ī regional code is a two-letter language code followed by a hyphen and a two-letter region code. The Internationalization API can save lots of MB of data transfer over the network, keeping websites small and allowing them to quickly and easily adapt to different regions. Websites can use the built-in Internationalization API with a regional code to properly format information into the user's preferences. The user's formatting preferences are abstracted into a simple regional code, which is used by web applications to infer the various details noted above about dates, times, and other formatting preferences. Users that change their OS regional preferences may now see their preferences reflected automatically in more websites.

Granting access to this setting allows websites to have visibility into more user's specific regional preferences than was previously possible. To reflect a user's regional preferences for how data is displayed (such as the date), Microsoft Edge has a new option in the Language section of Settings: the Share additional OS regional format menu. Another geographic region could translate that same date into Februbecause they read the month and day inversely. For example, the US geographic region translates into July 2nd, 2022. Users want to see dates, times, numbers, and other formatting printed according to their preferences.

This feature allows website authors to deliver value to users who specifically change their regional preferences in the OS to reflect their personal preferences. Microsoft Edge provides operating system (OS) regional preference information to help website authors create regional experiences on their web site, when viewing your site using Microsoft Edge.

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