From f6c009711017a8de19bb923e71c4eaecef774720 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Colin Dawson <me@cjdawson.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2026 18:32:32 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Upgraded the language selector to cope with many more
 languages

---
 .../frame/components/LanguageSelector.tsx     | 102 ++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 84 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/modules/frame/components/LanguageSelector.tsx b/src/modules/frame/components/LanguageSelector.tsx
index 7550b55..cb18f6a 100644
--- a/src/modules/frame/components/LanguageSelector.tsx
+++ b/src/modules/frame/components/LanguageSelector.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-import { NavDropdown } from "react-bootstrap";
+import { useState } from "react";
+import { NavDropdown, Modal, Form } from "react-bootstrap";
 import { availableLocales } from "../../../i18n/generatedLocales";
 import i18n from "../../../i18n/i18n";
 import profileService from "../../profile/services/profileService";
@@ -39,9 +40,25 @@ function formatLocaleLabel(locale: string) {
 export function LanguageSelectorMenuItem() {
   const current = i18n.language;
 
+  const [showModal, setShowModal] = useState(false);
+  const [search, setSearch] = useState("");
+
   const currentFlag = flagEmoji(current);
   const currentLabel = formatLocaleLabel(current);
 
+  // ⭐ Primary languages you want to show in the main dropdown
+  const primaryLocales = ["en-GB", "en-US", "fr-FR", "fr-CA", "hi-IN", "ur-PK"];
+
+  // ⭐ Build the shortlist
+  const baseLang = current.split("-")[0];
+  const baseLangLocale = availableLocales.find((l) => l.startsWith(baseLang));
+
+  const shortlist = new Set(
+    [current, baseLangLocale, ...primaryLocales].filter(Boolean) as string[],
+  );
+
+  const visibleLocales = availableLocales.filter((l) => shortlist.has(l));
+
   async function handleSelect(locale: string) {
     try {
       await profileService.patchMyProfile({
@@ -49,28 +66,77 @@ export function LanguageSelectorMenuItem() {
       });
     } catch (err) {
       console.error("Failed to update preferred locale", err);
-      // Optional: show toast or revert language
     }
 
     i18n.changeLanguage(locale);
   }
 
-  return (
-    <NavDropdown align="end" title={`${currentFlag} ${currentLabel}`}>
-      {availableLocales.map((locale) => {
-        const flag = flagEmoji(locale);
-        const label = formatLocaleLabel(locale);
+  // ⭐ Filter for modal search
+  const filteredLocales = availableLocales.filter((locale) =>
+    formatLocaleLabel(locale).toLowerCase().includes(search.toLowerCase()),
+  );
 
-        return (
-          <NavDropdown.Item
-            key={locale}
-            active={locale === current}
-            onClick={() => handleSelect(locale)}
-          >
-            {flag} {label}
-          </NavDropdown.Item>
-        );
-      })}
-    </NavDropdown>
+  return (
+    <>
+      <NavDropdown align="end" title={`${currentFlag} ${currentLabel}`}>
+        {visibleLocales.map((locale) => {
+          const flag = flagEmoji(locale);
+          const label = formatLocaleLabel(locale);
+
+          return (
+            <NavDropdown.Item
+              key={locale}
+              active={locale === current}
+              onClick={() => handleSelect(locale)}
+            >
+              {flag} {label}
+            </NavDropdown.Item>
+          );
+        })}
+
+        <NavDropdown.Divider />
+
+        <NavDropdown.Item onClick={() => setShowModal(true)}>
+          More languages…
+        </NavDropdown.Item>
+      </NavDropdown>
+
+      {/* ⭐ Modal for full searchable list */}
+      <Modal show={showModal} onHide={() => setShowModal(false)} centered>
+        <Modal.Header closeButton>
+          <Modal.Title>Select Language</Modal.Title>
+        </Modal.Header>
+
+        <Modal.Body>
+          <Form.Control
+            type="text"
+            placeholder="Search languages…"
+            value={search}
+            onChange={(e) => setSearch(e.target.value)}
+            className="mb-3"
+          />
+
+          {filteredLocales.map((locale) => {
+            const flag = flagEmoji(locale);
+            const label = formatLocaleLabel(locale);
+
+            return (
+              <div
+                key={locale}
+                className="mb-2"
+                style={{ cursor: "pointer" }}
+                onClick={() => {
+                  handleSelect(locale);
+                  setShowModal(false);
+                }}
+              >
+                {flag} {label}
+              </div>
+            );
+          })}
+        </Modal.Body>
+      </Modal>
+    </>
   );
 }
+export default LanguageSelectorMenuItem;