Sprachmenü (Language menu) via TypoScript

Alex Kellner of in2code recently wrote the following slick piece of TypoScript for creating a language selector menu.

lib.menu_lang = HMENU
lib.menu_lang {
	special = language
	special.value = 0,1,2,3
	special.normalWhenNoLanguage = 0
	wrap = <ul id="menu_lang">|</ul>
	1 = TMENU
	1 {
		noBlur = 1
		NO = 1
		NO {
			linkWrap =<ul><li>|</li></ul>|*|<ul><li>|</li></ul>|*|<ul><li class="last">|</li></ul>
			stdWrap.override = deutsch || english || français || español
		}
		ACT < .NO
		ACT {
			ATagParams = class="act"
		}
		USERDEF1 < .NO
		USERDEF1 {
			doNotLinkIt = 1
		}
		USERDEF2 < .ACT
		USERDEF2 {
			doNotLinkIt = 1
		}
	}
}

Notes

• Language ids are given in special.value = 0,1,2,3 which match with the same order of the language labels found in stdWrap.override = deutsch || english || français || español.
• The currently selected language is not clickable.

References

• TSRef HMENU
• TSRef TMENU
• Similar Sprach-Menü via TYPO3 Blogger using typolink

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• Create a Section Header and Menu with TypoScript
• Set a Sitemap Starting Point From Within a Website
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Tagged as: HMENU, language, menu, multilingual, selector, TMENU, TypoScript

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