# StatusBar.ShowLanguage Property

> Specifies whether the status bar shows the language of the text selection or the text input position.

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET for WPF
- **Section:** Reference
- **Kind:** Property
- **Introduced:** 20.0
- **Namespace:** `TXTextControl.WPF`
- **Package:** `TXTextControl.TextControl.WPF.SDK` (assembly `TXTextControl.WPF.dll`, from the private NuGet feed or Text Control Offline Packages)
- **.NET Framework:** reference `TXTextControl.WPF.dll` from the setup
- **Path:** TX Text Control .NET for WPF > Reference > TXTextControl.WPF > StatusBar.ShowLanguage Property
- **361 words**
- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol-wpf/statusbar/showlanguage-property/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol-wpf/statusbar/showlanguage-property/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol-wpf/statusbar/showlanguage-property/llms-full.txt

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### Description

Specifies whether the status bar shows the language of the text selection or the text input position.

### Syntax

```csharp
public bool ShowLanguage { get; set; }
```

```vbnet
Public Property ShowLanguage As Boolean
```

### Examples

The following example uses `StatusBar.ShowLanguage` to configure show language as part of the status bar workflow. The configured value is checked before the workflow continues.

```csharp
statusBar.ShowLanguage = true;
if (statusBar.ShowLanguage)
{
    Console.WriteLine("Status Bar: Show Language is enabled.");
}
```

```vbnet
statusBar.ShowLanguage = True
If statusBar.ShowLanguage Then
    Console.WriteLine("Status Bar: Show Language is enabled.")
End If
```

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## Nearby

- **Previous:** [StatusBar.ShowKeyStates Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-wpf/reference/txtextcontrol-wpf/statusbar/showkeystates-property/llms-full.txt)
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