# Language link Hooks

By default, Weglot will show a language switcher on your page. Either on the bottom-right side or where it has been set through the `switchers` options. In some cases, you might want to not use Weglot's switcher at all and use menu entries from the CMS you're integrating in. You might also want to create your own switcher and not use Weglot's CSS.

When Weglot gets initialized, every link that matches one of these two CSS selectors will be "hooked" to a `Weglot.switchTo` action automatically:

* `a[href='#Weglot-xx']`
* `a[href$='change-language.weglot.com/xx']`

... where `xx` is the ISO-639-1 code of the target language

When the links are "hooked", the original `href` attribute also gets removed, and the class `weglot-link` is added to them. The current language also has the class  `weglot-link--active`

### Example - Anchor

I want to use the native menu feature of my CMS. Let's say my original language is English, and I want to translate to French and Spanish.

My menu would have 3 entries, as follows:

| **Text** | **Link**   |
| -------- | ---------- |
| English  | #Weglot-en |
| Français | #Weglot-fr |
| Español  | #Weglot-es |

I have now a "native" language switcher that works for all these languages. If I need to apply specific styling to the current language, I can target the `weglot-link--active`class.

### Example - Fake link

Sometimes, some CMS you will be using won't allow for anchor links in the menu (e.g. Wix). In this case, you can use fake links that will be replaced when Weglot initializes:

| **Text** | **Link**                               |
| -------- | -------------------------------------- |
| English  | <http://change-language.weglot.com/en> |
| Français | <http://change-language.weglot.com/fr> |

## &#x20;Example: create your own switcher

```javascript
function() {
    // CHANGE THIS SELECTOR to the element you want to add your custom switcher to.
    var myDiv = document.getElementById("myDiv");
    
    if (!Weglot) {
        return;
    }

    //Create array of options to be added
    var availableLanguages = Weglot.options.languages
        .map(function(language) {
            return language.language_to;
        })
        .concat(Weglot.options.language_from);
    
    //Create and append select list
    var selectList = document.createElement("select");
    myDiv.appendChild(selectList);
    
    var currentLang = Weglot.getCurrentLang();
    
    //Create and append the options
    for (var i = 0; i < availableLanguages.length; i++) {
        var lang = availableLanguages[i];
        var option = document.createElement("option");
        option.value = lang;
        option.text = Weglot.getLanguageName(lang);
        if (lang === currentLang) {
            option.selected = "selected";        
        }
        selectList.appendChild(option);
    }
    
    selectList.onchange = function(){
        Weglot.switchTo(this.value);
    };
    
    Weglot.on("languageChanged", function(lang) {
        selectList.value = lang;
    });
}()
```