/**
* Creates the language combo box, attempts to guess an appropriate *available* locale to select,
* and sets the application locale to that match.
*/
private JComboBox createLanguageDropDown(Font normalFont) {
final JComboBox languageDropDown = new JComboBox();
Locale[] locales = LanguageUtils.getLocales(normalFont);
languageDropDown.setRenderer(new LocaleRenderer());
languageDropDown.setFont(smallFont);
languageDropDown.setModel(new DefaultComboBoxModel(locales));
// Attempt to guess the default locale and set accordingly
languageDropDown.setSelectedItem(LanguageUtils.guessBestAvailableLocale(locales));
// Make sure the drop down and the set locale match. This may cause the default OS
// language to be overridden to English in the case of a bad guess. This has always been
// a problem but in this case at least it will be obvious that the users language is being
// overridden.
LanguageUtils.setLocale((Locale) languageDropDown.getSelectedItem());
languageDropDown.addItemListener(
new ItemListener() {
@Override
public void itemStateChanged(ItemEvent e) {
if (e.getStateChange() == ItemEvent.SELECTED) {
Locale locale = (Locale) languageDropDown.getSelectedItem();
LanguageUtils.setLocale(locale);
setTextContents();
}
}
});
return languageDropDown;
}
