Add a display-language setting, so the extension can speak a language other than Thunderbird's #8

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opened 2026-10-01 07:21:57 +00:00 by tiagoagueda · 0 comments

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The list asks: "On plugin settings, enable display language override."

The skeleton speaks the language Thunderbird is set to. Every sentence comes through t() in src/lib/i18n.js, which is the browser extension's file and asks Thunderbird's own i18n.getMessage. That call follows the application's language and cannot be told to use another.

What the extension should do

A setting on the settings page: "Follow Thunderbird" first, then the languages the extension ships, each named in itself with its own lang attribute. Kept in storage.local, as the address and the token are.
The loader is the browser extension's. postulo/postulo-chromium#11 proposes loading the chosen catalogue from the extension's own files and resolving sentences by the same rules. src/lib/i18n.js is shared, so that work arrives here through npm run shared:sync; this issue is the setting, and checking the loader works in Thunderbird.
The popup, the settings page and any window of the extension's follow the choice, and say their language and direction from the chosen catalogue.
The tooltips of the two buttons follow it too, through action.setTitle and messageDisplayAction.setTitle.

Decisions

What cannot follow. The description in Thunderbird's list of add-ons comes from the manifest and stays in Thunderbird's language. Recommended: accept it, and say so under the setting.
Postulo's own sentences. A refusal Postulo words (a 403, a 422) follows the Accept-Language the request carries. Recommended: send the chosen language's tag, as postulo/postulo-chromium#11 proposes.
Stored as a tag. Recommended: the canonical BCP 47 tag (pt-PT), never a folder name (postulo/postulo#337).

Needs from the server

Not filed on postulo/postulo. A "same as my Postulo" choice would need the account's language from the API, which no call returns.

Done when

The settings page offers "Follow Thunderbird" and every shipped language; choosing one switches the popup and the settings page, and survives a restart.
With "Follow Thunderbird", nothing changes from today.
test/i18n.test.mjs requires every new key in every language the extension ships, with identical placeholders: three today, more once #7 lands.

From the list of Thunderbird extension improvements of 2026-09-30.

The list asks: "On plugin settings, enable display language override." The skeleton speaks the language Thunderbird is set to. Every sentence comes through `t()` in `src/lib/i18n.js`, which is the browser extension's file and asks Thunderbird's own `i18n.getMessage`. That call follows the application's language and cannot be told to use another. ## What the extension should do - **A setting** on the settings page: "Follow Thunderbird" first, then the languages the extension ships, each named in itself with its own `lang` attribute. Kept in `storage.local`, as the address and the token are. - **The loader is the browser extension's.** postulo/postulo-chromium#11 proposes loading the chosen catalogue from the extension's own files and resolving sentences by the same rules. `src/lib/i18n.js` is shared, so that work arrives here through `npm run shared:sync`; this issue is the setting, and checking the loader works in Thunderbird. - The popup, the settings page and any window of the extension's follow the choice, and say their language and direction from the chosen catalogue. - The tooltips of the two buttons follow it too, through `action.setTitle` and `messageDisplayAction.setTitle`. ## Decisions - **What cannot follow.** The description in Thunderbird's list of add-ons comes from the manifest and stays in Thunderbird's language. Recommended: accept it, and say so under the setting. - **Postulo's own sentences.** A refusal Postulo words (a 403, a 422) follows the `Accept-Language` the request carries. Recommended: send the chosen language's tag, as postulo/postulo-chromium#11 proposes. - **Stored as a tag.** Recommended: the canonical BCP 47 tag (`pt-PT`), never a folder name (postulo/postulo#337). ## Needs from the server Not filed on postulo/postulo. A "same as my Postulo" choice would need the account's language from the API, which no call returns. ## Done when - The settings page offers "Follow Thunderbird" and every shipped language; choosing one switches the popup and the settings page, and survives a restart. - With "Follow Thunderbird", nothing changes from today. - `test/i18n.test.mjs` requires every new key in every language the extension ships, with identical placeholders: three today, more once #7 lands. From the list of Thunderbird extension improvements of 2026-09-30.

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Ship the languages the core offers, from the same list the browser extension follows #7

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SEC2-086: Shared copies are 14 postulo-chromium commits behind, missing the non-JSON-answer and request-hardening fixes to api.js #15

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