Localization
Using a language package
In the previous section, the error message for each validator is configured by the message option:
It is posible to use the default message from a language package. The following piece of code show how to use messages from English package:
FormValidation has been translated into the following languages which are available in the dist/js/locales folder (and the dist/es6/locales folder if you want to use with ES6 module).
| Language | File name | Translated by |
|---|---|---|
| English | en_US.js | nghuuphuoc |
| Albanian | sq_AL.js | desaretiuss |
| Arabic | ar_MA.js | Arkni |
| Basque | eu_ES.js | xabikip |
| Belgium (French) | fr_BE.js | neilime |
| Belgium (Netherland) | nl_BE.js | dokterpasta |
| Bulgarian | bg_BG.js | mraiur |
| Catalan | ca_ES.js | ArnauAregall |
| Chilean Spanish | es_CL.js | marceloampuerop6 |
| Chinese | zh_CN.js | shamiao |
| Czech | cs_CZ.js | AdwinTrave, budik21, cuchac |
| Danish | da_DK.js | Djarnis |
| Dutch (Netherland) | nl_NL.js | JvanderHeide |
| Finnish | fi_FI.js | traone |
| French | fr_FR.js | dlucazeau, jazzzz, neilime |
| German | de_DE.js | logemann |
| Greek | el_GR.js | pRieStaKos |
| Hebrew | he_IL.js | yakidahan |
| Hindi | hi_IN.js | gladiatorAsh |
| Hungarian | hu_HU.js | blackfyre |
| Indonesian | id_ID.js | egig |
| Italian | it_IT.js | maramazza |
| Japanese | ja_JP.js | tsuyoshifujii |
| Norwegian | no_NO.js | trondulseth |
| Persian (Farsi) | fa_IR.js | i0 |
| Polish | pl_PL.js | grzesiek, lukaszbanasiak |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | pt_BR.js | marcuscarvalho6, dgmike |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | pt_PT.js | rtbfreitas |
| Romanian | ro_RO.js | filipac |
| Russian | ru_RU.js | cylon-v, stepin |
| Serbian | sr_RS.js | markocrni |
| Slovak | sk_SK.js | filipac |
| Spanish | es_ES.js | vadail |
| Swedish | sv_SE.js | ulsa |
| Taiwanese | zh_TW.js | tureki |
| Thai | th_TH.js | figgaro |
| Turkish | sr_RS.js | CeRBeR666 |
| Ukrainian | ua_UA.js | oleg-voloshyn |
| Vietnamese | vi_VN.js | nghuuphuoc |
From v1.0.0, FormValidation(.min).js will not contain any language package including the English one. You have to load them manually as seen in the sample code above.
The working example below shows an usage of English language package:
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Tip
Look at the L10n plugin if you want to use multiple language packages and be able to switch between them