Situaltion:
- I have a windows forms application which is currently only available in german for the end user
- There is an existing userbase which gets auto updates
- The application is already translated to english in our dev branch
- The apps main window is a ribbon form
Now I want to allow the user to switch between german and english (more languages will follow) and I am thinking on how to implement the option to change the language.
I thought about a ribbon group with little flags for every language available.
The flags are greyed out except from the current selected.
The ribbon section shows up to six icons and more are shown only if you extend the section (ribbon standard)
Of course the current selected languge, the current users local are always shown
This seems to be a simple approach to me but than again I have never seen something similar in a windows forms application so I am wondering if this is a good idea or if I should use a different concept.