Bug 166884 - Add an UI language selector to the First-Start-Dialog
Summary: Add an UI language selector to the First-Start-Dialog
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: UI (show other bugs)
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unspecified
Hardware: All All
: medium enhancement
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Keywords: needsUXEval
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Blocks: First_Launch_Welcome
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Reported: 2025-06-06 18:21 UTC by Roman Kuznetsov
Modified: 2025-06-07 10:07 UTC (History)
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Description Roman Kuznetsov 2025-06-06 18:21:28 UTC 
Description:
Add an UI language selector to the First-Start-Dialog

Steps to Reproduce:
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Actual Results:
There is no opportunity to select an UI language in the First-Start-Dialog

Expected Results:
There is opportunity to select an UI language in the First-Start-Dialog


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No

Additional Info:
Version: 25.8.0.0.alpha1+ (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 043b186d10fca4a613ce62c1e0d04f86ec63799c
CPU threads: 16; OS: Windows 10 X86_64 (build 19045); UI render: Skia/Vulkan; VCL: win
Locale: ru-RU (ru_RU); UI: ru-RU
Calc: CL threaded
Comment 1 Eyal Rozenberg 2025-06-06 19:37:15 UTC 
I'm not sure this would be useful, especially since you only get the UI you downloaded LibreOffice with. Can you try to provide a common scenario in which this would be effectively, commonly, useful?
Comment 2 Roman Kuznetsov 2025-06-07 09:37:59 UTC 
(In reply to Eyal Rozenberg from comment #1)
> I'm not sure this would be useful, especially since you only get the UI you
> downloaded LibreOffice with. Can you try to provide a common scenario in
> which this would be effectively, commonly, useful?

I installed LO in my Windows and it will have RU UI language by default, but I want to use EN UI in LibreOffice (the same is actually for other languages of course).
Comment 3 V Stuart Foote 2025-06-07 10:07:18 UTC 
(In reply to Roman Kuznetsov from comment #2)
> (In reply to Eyal Rozenberg from comment #1)
> > I'm not sure this would be useful, especially since you only get the UI you
> > downloaded LibreOffice with. Can you try to provide a common scenario in
> > which this would be effectively, commonly, useful?
> 
> I installed LO in my Windows and it will have RU UI language by default, but
> I want to use EN UI in LibreOffice (the same is actually for other languages
> of course).

Common use case, but it would not belong in a First Start Welcome. 

A lot of effort has gone into assuring the os/DE provided locale and language is delivered by default. I.e. detecting ru-RU and presenting the UI in that language/locale.

Trivial and logical to then change the LO selection from Tools -> Options -> Languages and Locales on its 'General' tab.  Doing more automatically requires a change of locale in os/DE as reported to LibreOffice. Not appropriate to a welcome as it is a very low percentage requirement.

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