Filament Language Switcher

A simple and elegant language switcher plugin for Filament admin panels. Automatically detects available Filament translations or allows custom language configuration with optional flag icons. Supports auth pages, cookie persistence, and locale change events.

Demo

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Installation

1. Install the package via Composer:

composer require craft-forge/filament-language-switcher

2. Register the plugin in your Filament panel configuration (e.g. AdminPanelProvider):

use CraftForge\FilamentLanguageSwitcher\FilamentLanguageSwitcherPlugin;

public function panel(Panel $panel): Panel
{
    return $panel
        ->plugins([
            FilamentLanguageSwitcherPlugin::make(),
        ]);
}

The plugin will automatically detect available Filament language files and display them in a dropdown menu.

Configuration

Locales

By default, the plugin auto-detects available Filament language files. To define the locale list manually, pass it to locales() - choose one of three formats:

Locale codes - names and flags are resolved automatically from the built-in dictionary (200+ languages):

FilamentLanguageSwitcherPlugin::make()
    ->locales(['en', 'fr', 'de'])

Full control - specify name and flag per locale. Flag codes reference: https://flagicons.lipis.dev.

FilamentLanguageSwitcherPlugin::make()
    ->locales([
        ['code' => 'en', 'name' => 'English', 'flag' => 'us'],
        ['code' => 'fr', 'name' => 'Français', 'flag' => 'fr'],
        ['code' => 'de', 'name' => 'Deutsch', 'flag' => 'de'],
    ])

Dynamic - load locales at runtime (e.g. from a database):

FilamentLanguageSwitcherPlugin::make()
    ->locales(fn () => Language::pluck('code')->toArray())

Remember Locale

Store the selected locale in a cookie to persist across browser sessions (e.g. after logout):

FilamentLanguageSwitcherPlugin::make()
    ->rememberLocale()          // forever
    ->rememberLocale(days: 30)  // for 30 days

Custom Render Hook

Change where the language switcher appears in the panel:

use Filament\View\PanelsRenderHook;

FilamentLanguageSwitcherPlugin::make()
    ->renderHook(PanelsRenderHook::USER_MENU_PROFILE_AFTER)

Popular placements:

• USER_MENU_BEFORE — before the user menu (default)
• USER_MENU_PROFILE_AFTER — after user profile in dropdown
• USER_MENU_AFTER — after the user menu
• SIDEBAR_FOOTER — at the bottom of sidebar
• FOOTER — in the page footer

All available render hooks: https://filamentphp.com/docs/5.x/advanced/render-hooks

Show on Auth Pages

Display the language switcher on login, register, and password reset pages:

FilamentLanguageSwitcherPlugin::make()
    ->showOnAuthPages()

Hide Flags

Display only language names without flag icons:

FilamentLanguageSwitcherPlugin::make()
    ->showFlags(false)

Event

The plugin dispatches a LocaleChanged event whenever a user switches locale, providing both the new and previous locale:

use CraftForge\FilamentLanguageSwitcher\Events\LocaleChanged;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Event;

public function boot(): void
{
    Event::listen(LocaleChanged::class, function (LocaleChanged $event) {
        // auth()->user()->setLocale($event->newLocale);
        // Log::info("Locale changed from {$event->oldLocale} to {$event->newLocale}");
    });
}

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.