How to Add Language Key in Liferay: JSP, Fragments, and Templates

In Liferay, you can add language key in liferay in JSP, Fragments, and Templates (e.g., FreeMarker) to make your application multilingual. Here’s how to do it in each case:

Adding Language Key in JSP

In a JSP file, you can use Liferay’s <liferay-ui:message> tag to retrieve and display the language key value.

First you will have to import the liferay-ui tag library.

<%@ taglib uri="http://liferay.com/tld/ui" prefix="liferay-ui" %>

You can use a language key in your JSP

<liferay-ui:message key="your-language-key" />

Adding Language Key in Fragment

In a Liferay Fragment, You can use the @liferay.langauge method to access the language key.

[@liferay.language key="your-language-key" /]

Adding Language Key in widget template or web content template

In templates, You can use the languageUtil.get or @liferay.langauge method to access the language key.

${languageUtil.get(locale, "your-language-key")}

<@liferay.language key="your-language-key" />