Extract lang value using JavaScript

Question

I am trying to get the lang value from the HTML tag, but the current JavaScript I am using doesn't work.

This is the HTML code I am trying to access:

<html lang="it-IT">

And the Javascript

if(navigator.appName == 'Netscape') { langType = navigator.language; } else { langType = navigator.browserLanguage; }

but in testing I still get the value "EN-us"

Can anyone help?

Thanks!

exact duplicated: How to obtain lang attribute in html using JavaScript? — Lucio
– Lucio, Commented Apr 22, 2013 at 22:57

Christoph · Accepted Answer · 2009-03-19 17:03:06Z

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Use

document.documentElement.lang

As Rob has commented, your code gets the browser's language and not the document's.

answered Mar 19, 2009 at 17:03

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xtofl Over a year ago

works for level2 DOM supported browsers. level1 would need the elaborate version of nickyt.

nickytonline · Accepted Answer · 2009-03-19 16:30:41Z

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try this

var language = document.getElementsByTagName("html")[0].getAttribute("lang");

I haven't tried it, but it should work.

answered Mar 19, 2009 at 16:30

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Rob Over a year ago

Just to clarify, the navigator object is used to access information based on the user agent accessing the page. Like nickyt mentions, you need to access the DOM to get access the attribute you are looking for, not the user agent (unless you are looking for the user's pref!) is.gd/o2On

nickytonline Over a year ago

I agree that document.documentElement.lang is cleaner. I just wasn't aware of this property.

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