# Language dependent chars

**URL:** <https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/language-dependent-chars/51229>\
**Category:** Elements\
**Created:** [September 23, 2025, 1:34pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/language-dependent-chars/51229 "2025-09-23T13:34:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Ulrich](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/ulrich/32/29764_2.png) [@Ulrich](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Ulrich)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2025, 1:34pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/language-dependent-chars/51229/1 "2025-09-23T13:34:13Z")

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You change language dependent chars into \_

I think a better solution is to change them to their base.

- ä → a
- ü → u
- ö → o
- ß → s
- é → e
- â → a
- ç → c
- / → -
- ? → -

this is the way of HomeAssistant, i think it is better to read, maybe with an general App-Setting?

What do the french, german, spanish, turkish …. people think?

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**Author:** ![oromanow](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/oromanow/32/16141_2.png) [@oromanow](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/oromanow)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2025, 2:46pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/language-dependent-chars/51229/2 "2025-09-23T14:46:24Z")

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Hi! Otto from Finland.

I use all the time our scandinavian letters and Elements does not care about it and produces the correct HTML-code. Also I would like to remind you all about that in URL\_addresses one can now (actually already a few years ago) use language depended letters. We had in Finland a doctors site with an URL: [lääkäriasema.fi](http://xn--lkriasema-v2aab.fi) (also [laakariasema.fi](http://laakariasema.fi)).

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**Author:** ![annebourdon](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/annebourdon/32/2391_2.png) [@annebourdon](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/annebourdon)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2025, 3:50pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/language-dependent-chars/51229/3 "2025-09-23T15:50:33Z")

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I agree that changing dependent chars into \_ is not the best solution to keep the text readable.

(French user here).

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**Author:** ![Ulrich](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/ulrich/32/29764_2.png) [@Ulrich](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Ulrich)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2025, 6:26pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/language-dependent-chars/51229/4 "2025-11-29T18:26:19Z")

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Hi @ben

this has changed in Elements Version 1.5.4

but it added the `-`

- ä → a-
- ü → u-

and so on. Please remove the `-`

- ä → a
- ü → u  
and so on is perfect