This is a basic step required for enabling multilanguage installations. There's been quite some discussion in #1917212: Add checkbox in installer to enable content translation (if in foreign language) and now in #2007632: Create multilingual install profile..
Creating a multilingual installation profile that enables the right modules and perhaps tweaks other things here and there is a good thing UX-wise (so that site builders don't go pogo-sticking after installation), but we first and foremost need to have a multilanguage site in place to begin with.
So, what needs to be changed is to allow the user to select multiple languages during installation. Having the drop-down language selection menu be a multi-select widget instead would do it, but having to ctrl+click or shift-click is not good UX. What if we kept the drop-down as is but added a "Add another language" button? This would trigger a multilanguage site installation with some additional steps (TBD).
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Comment #1
kristen polI like the idea of "add another language". I mentioned the same thing to Gábor at DCPDX and he said that his concern (and maybe that of others?) was that if you let them choose multiple languages via the installer that the developer would assume they need to go back to the installer to add more languages.
I think this could be handled with a simple and clear message that additional languages can be added later... along the lines of:
Comment #2
kristen polAdding tags.
Comment #3
Bojhan commentedWe already did a design for this in the original selector, it was never implemented.
Comment #4
klonosWell, perhaps we should put some effort in implementing it after all ;)
...as I said in the other issue, some might consider the pogo-sticking site builders have to go through the various admin screens a UX bug.
Comment #5
kristen pol@Bojhan - was it not implemented because it was deemed not good UX? Or just because it the person doing the patch just went the simple route?
Comment #6
kristen polHere's some of the original discussion on "add another language" by @klonos et al:
#1917212-11: Add checkbox in installer to enable content translation (if in foreign language)
I couldn't find anything in #1260716: Improve language onboarding user experience about "add another language" type feature (there was talk about multiple select but that is different UX).
Comment #7
yesct commentedjust making a nice link to the comment... can be done with [ # NNNNNN - CC ]
#1917212-11: Add checkbox in installer to enable content translation (if in foreign language)
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I thought we might already have another issue for "add another language" in the installer. Do we?
Comment #8
kristen polThanks for the tip! I'll try to remember that... is there a dreditor helper for it? It only seems to tab to the full issue.
Comment #9
yesct commentedno dreditor autocomplete... just built into d.o. it's documented under the input format collapsed field set, under "more information about formatting options" which links to https://drupal.org/filter/tips
Comment #10
kristen polThanks!
Comment #11
panchoOur thoughts and discussions on #1988112: Add "Administration pages language" setting to "Configure site" page in installer might also be interesting for this decision.
Comment #12
kristen polThis issue has been quiet... doesn't look like there is much interest in an "add another language" option during installation. :/ Guess that would be nice for a contrib multilingual install profile.
Comment #13
klonosBeing like a week away from freeze it's more likely that the people that can make things happen are busy getting really important issues fixed first. I agree that there might not be enough time, but I wouldn't jump into conclusions about interest.
Comment #14
kristen polTrue... could be interest but they are distracted by other things! :)
Comment #15
panchoYes, we're a week from API freeze, while tasks and even some features may still flow in later, so that's defeinitely the reason for people caring about everything that is API-related... This certainly doesn't mean we won't make progress with UI-related aspects at a slightly later point.
Comment #16
David Latapie commentedThis would be useful for Canadian, Belgian, Norwegian... governmental websites
Comment #30
smustgrave commentedThank you for creating this issue to improve Drupal.
We are working to decide if this task is still relevant to a currently supported version of Drupal. There hasn't been any discussion here for over 8 years which suggests that this has either been implemented or is no longer relevant. Your thoughts on this will allow a decision to be made.
Since we need more information to move forward with this issue, the status is now Postponed (maintainer needs more info). If we don't receive additional information to help with the issue, it may be closed after three months.
Thanks!
Comment #31
smustgrave commentedSince there's been no follow up going to close this one out as it feels like a feature request. Also with introduction of recipes could this behavior be achieved that route?