Why does GWT ignore browser locale?

Question

GWT gets locale from either the locale property or the locale query string. If neither is specified, it uses the "default" (ie en_US) locale.

Why doesn't it get it from the browser settings?

It seems the only solution to this is to replace your static html launch page with soemthing like a JSP that reads the browser locales and sets the locale or redirects using the query string. There has to be a better solution than this or simply hard-coding a locale, surely?

Answer 1

If you put a list of available languages into your *.gwt.xml file it will by default switch to the first language listed.

<!-- Slovenian in Slovenia -->
<extend-property name="locale" values="sl"/>

<!-- English language, independent of country -->
<extend-property name="locale" values="en"/>