Support forced links to bypass language settings

assets/js/critical/languageSelector.js

@@ -32,6 +32,15 @@
 
   // Event listener for language selection
   document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', () => {
+    // override stored language when query string contains force is true
+    let params = new URLSearchParams(document.location.search)
+    let force = params.get('force')
+    if (force !== null && force.toLowerCase() == 'true') {
+      setLanguage(document.documentElement.lang)
+      return
+    }
+
+    // continue with regular code
     const storedLanguage = getLanguage()
     const languageItems = document.querySelectorAll('#language-selector .dropdown-item')
 

data/structures/link.yml

@@ -63,6 +63,15 @@ arguments:
     default: false
     comment: >-
       Flag to indicate if a link that contains baseURL host should be forced as external.
+  force:
+    type: bool
+    optional: true
+    default: false
+    comment: >-
+      Flag to indicate a link should bypass any language redirection. Only applicable when
+      the site param `enableLanguageSelectionStorage` is set to true. When `force` is true,
+      the link to a local page is kept as is.
+    release: v0.27.20
   class:
     type: string
     optional: true

exampleSite/content/en/blog/bootstrap-elements.md

@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ As an example, the following shortcodes render links in different formats.
 - {{</* link url="../projects/another-project" case=false /*/>}}
 - {{</* link "about" /*/>}}
 - {{</* link "/fr/a-propos/" /*/>}}
-- {{</* link "/fr/a-propos" >}}About (French){{< /link */>}}
+- {{</* link href="/fr/a-propos" force=true >}}About (French){{< /link */>}}
 - {{</* link "#image" /*/>}}
 - {{</* link "components/#map" /*/>}}
 

exampleSite/content/fr/blog/bootstrap-elements.md

@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ Utilisez le shortcode `file` pour afficher et mettre en évidence le contenu com
 - {{</* link url="../projects/another-project" case=false /*/>}}
 - {{</* link "about" /*/>}}
 - {{</* link "/en/about/" /*/>}}
-- {{</* link "/en/about" >}}About (Anglais){{< /link */>}}
+- {{</* link url="/en/about/" force=true >}}About (Anglais){{< /link */>}}
 - {{</* link "#image" /*/>}}
 - {{</* link "components/#map" /*/>}}
 

layouts/partials/assets/link.html

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 {{- $rel := "" -}}
 {{- $case := .case | default true }}
 {{- $external := .external | default false }}
+{{- $force := .force | default false }}
 {{- $cue := .cue | default site.Params.main.externalLinks.cue -}}
 {{- $tab := .tab | default site.Params.main.externalLinks.tab -}}
 {{- $pretty := site.Params.main.internalLinks.pretty | default false }}
@@ -104,6 +105,14 @@
     {{ if and $pretty (not (hasSuffix $destination "/" )) (not (strings.Contains $destination "#")) }}
         {{ $destination = printf "%s/" $destination }}
     {{ end }}
+
+    {{ if $force }}
+        {{ if strings.Contains $destination "?" }}
+            {{ $destination = printf "%s&force=true" $destination }}
+        {{ else }}
+            {{ $destination = printf "%s?force=true" $destination }}
+        {{ end }}
+    {{ end }}
 {{- end -}}
 
 {{ if not $error -}}

layouts/shortcodes/link.html

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 {{ $class := "" }}
 {{ $case := true }}
 {{ $external := false }}
+{{ $force := false }}
 {{ $cue := site.Params.main.externalLinks.cue }}
 {{ $tab := site.Params.main.externalLinks.tab }}
 {{ $text := trim .Inner " \r\n" | .Page.RenderString | safeHTML }}
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@
     {{- $case = .Get "case" | default true -}}
     {{- $external = .Get "external" | default false -}}
     {{- $class = .Get "class" | default "" -}}
+    {{- $force = .Get "force" | default false -}}
 {{ else }}
     {{ $href = .Get 0 }}
 {{ end }}
@@ -99,5 +101,5 @@
 
 <!-- Main code -->
 {{- if not $error -}}
-    {{ partial "assets/link.html" (dict "destination" $url "text" $text "cue" $cue "tab" $tab "case" $case "external" $external "class" $class "page" .Page) }}
+    {{ partial "assets/link.html" (dict "destination" $url "text" $text "cue" $cue "tab" $tab "case" $case "external" $external "force" $force "class" $class "page" .Page) }}
 {{- end -}}

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@gethinode/hinode",
-  "version": "0.27.19",
+  "version": "0.27.20",
   "description": "Hinode is a clean documentation and blog theme for Hugo, an open-source static site generator",
   "keywords": [
     "hugo",