Page modifiers in action: alphabetical sorting of translated text with JavaScript
2014, Feb 4. - Easyling.com
Some websites contains elements ordered by one of their characteristic, e.g. alphabetical. More often than not, the translated elements requires reordering to keep the original order. In this post 4 different use-case is demonstrated: dropdown list, ordered and unordered list and simple
block elements will be ordered using Easyling’s JavaScript page modifier.
Dropdown list (select/option)
Select your favorite color from this list:
BlueGreenRed
Unordered list (ul/li)
* Beef
* Corn
* Flour
* Garlic
Ordered list (ol/li)
1. Beef
2. Corn
3. Flour
4. Garlic
Block elements
Glossary:
Beef: the flesh of a cow, bull, or ox, used as food.
Corn: the chief cereal crop of a district, especially (in England) wheat or (in Scotland) oats.
Flour: a powder obtained by grinding grain, typically wheat, and used to make bread, cakes, and pastry.
Garlic: a strong-smelling pungent-tasting bulb, used as a flavouring in cookery and in herbal medicine.
Click to see the result of the translation and the ordering.