By setting a default Overlay or Application language, you can control which language initially appears to the end user.
The Overlay language determines the language in which the content appears, while the Application language refers to the language of the platform where the content is published.
This section can be found in the Site Settings or Portal.
The table below outlines the sources used to determine the Overlay language, listed in order of priority.
User Settings have the highest priority.
| User Settings | Language chosen and already saved by an end-user. |
| Browser's preferred language | navigator.language navigator.languages |
| Language defined by the web application | document.documentElement.lang |
| Site's Default Overlay Language | config.json: defaultOverlayLanguage |
Examples:
| Overlay Languages | User Settings Language | Browser Language | Page Language | Site's Default Language |
| EN, DE, IT | - | EN | IT | EN |
| EN, DE, IT | - | CS, EN | IT | EN |
| EN, DE, IT | - | CS | IT | EN |
| EN, DE, IT | - | CS | SK | EN |
| EN, DE, IT | DE | EN | IT | EN |
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