Add a Language Switcher Under The User Menu

Register a Render Hook:

Begin by registering a new render hook to your panel provider. We'll place the switcher in the USER_MENU_PROFILE_AFTER position to keep the top bar clean, but you can register it any position you want.

1->renderHook(
2	PanelsRenderHook::USER_MENU_PROFILE_AFTER,
3	fn (): View => view('filament.hooks.lang-switcher'),
4)

Use the Dropdown Component

We will use the the dropdown component from Filament to render the sub-navigation for the language switcher. Customize the UI as needed, such as adding flags for different languages.

in your filament.hooks.lang-switcher file:

 1<div>
 2    <x-filament::dropdown
 3            maxHeight="250px"
 4            placement="left-start"
 5            teleport="true"
 6    >
 7        <x-slot name="trigger">
 8            <div class="p-2 flex items-center justify-start gap-2">
 9                <x-filament::icon
10                    icon="heroicon-c-chevron-left"
11                    class="mx-1 h-5 w-5 text-gray-500 dark:text-gray-400"
12                />
13                Select Language
14            </div>
15        </x-slot>
16
17        <x-filament::dropdown.header
18            class="font-semibold"
19            color="gray"
20            icon="heroicon-c--language"
21        >
22            Select Language
23        </x-filament::dropdown.header>
24
25        <x-filament::dropdown.list>
26            <x-filament::dropdown.list.item
27                :color="(app()->getLocale() === 'en') ? 'primary' : null"
28                icon="heroicon-m-chevron-right"
29                :href="url('lang/en')"
30                tag="a"
31            >
32                English
33            </x-filament::dropdown.list.item>
34
35            <x-filament::dropdown.list.item
36                    :color="(app()->getLocale() === 'es') ? 'primary' : null"
37                    icon="heroicon-m-chevron-right"
38                    :href="url('lang/es')"
39                    tag="a"
40            >
41                Español
42            </x-filament::dropdown.list.item>
43        </x-filament::dropdown.list>
44    </x-filament::dropdown>
45</div>

Implement the Switcher

Create a simple route to capture the selected language and store it in the session:

1Route::get('lang/{lang}', function ($lang) {
2	session()->put('current_lang', $lang);
3
4	return redirect(url()->previousPath());
5});

Set Up a Middleware

Define a middleware to instruct Laravel to pick the locale from the session:

 1class SetLang
 2{
 3	public function handle(Request $request, Closure $next): Response
 4	{
 5		return app(StartSession::class)
 6				->handle($request, function ($request) use ($next) {
 7				if (! session()->has('current_lang')) {
 8					session()->put('current_lang', 'en');
 9				}
10
11				app()->setLocale(session('current_lang', 'en'));
12
13				return $next($request);
14		});
15	}
16}

Register the Middleware

Finally, register the middleware within the Filament panel provider:

1->middleware([
2		//...
3		SetLang::class,
4])