$ grails --version | Grails Version: 3.1.1 | Groovy Version: 2.4.5 | JVM Version: 1.8.0_45 $ grails create-app myapplocale | Application created at /Users/groovycalamari/Documents/test/myapplocale $ cd myapplocale $ grails run-app Grails application running at http://localhost:8080 in environment: development
The default welcome screen is shown:
Add a message code at the bottom of grails-app/i18n/messages.properties
grails.welcome=Welcome to Grails
Add a message code at the bottom of the Spanish properties file: grails-app/i18n/messages_es.properties
grails.welcome=Bienvenido a Grails
Edit the file grails-app/views/index.gsp. Replace the line:
<h1>Welcome to Grails</h1>
with:
<h1><g:message code="grails.welcome"/></h1>
If you start the app now, you will still the same html as before.
Edit the file grails-app/conf/spring/resources.groovy and set Spanish ‘es’ as the default locale.
import org.springframework.web.servlet.i18n.SessionLocaleResolver; // Place your Spring DSL code here beans = { localeResolver(SessionLocaleResolver) { defaultLocale= new java.util.Locale('es'); } }
grails run-app again and you will see the Spanish welcome message:
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