QLocale detects system language incorrectly on Windows with language pack installed

Question

I am attempting to detect current system language with QLocale:

QLocale::Language sysLangId = QLocale::system().language();

However, it's not working correctly. I'm on Russian Windows 7 with English language pack applied, but language() returns Russian instead of English. Is there any workaround?

Answer 1

When I was working on Localization in Qt, I used

QString locale = QLocale::system().name();

When I tested getting the locale, I found it was dependent on the Format in the Region and Language settings:

Control Panel > Region and Language > Format

Hope that helps.