When using "createElementSelectorModal()" how do you respect selected locale?

Question

When using createElementSelectorModal() in a plugin, how do you make your source list show items from the current locale selected in the CP? It only seems to show the items from default locale no matter what locale you have selected.

Answer 1

The BaseElementSelectorModal class takes a second parameter settings, which can include a criteria object. This criteria object is used to create an ElementCriteriaModel on the server, which means it can have any property an ElementCriteriaModel can have – including locale:

var currentLocale = Craft.getLocalStorage('BaseElementIndex.locale') || Craft.locale;

var modal = Craft.createElementSelectorModal('Entry', {
    criteria : {
        locale : currentLocale
    }
});