# Setting the UI language to UK English **URL:** \ **Category:** RapidWeaver Elements\ **Created:** [March 5, 2025, 6:47am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/setting-the-ui-language-to-uk-english/46592 "2025-03-05T06:47:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![reflex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f05b48/32.png) [@reflex](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/reflex)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2025, 6:47am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/setting-the-ui-language-to-uk-english/46592/1 "2025-03-05T06:47:09Z")
I’ve just purchased Elements. To my surprise, the menus are using US English. As trivial as it sounds, one reason I chose Elements over the alternatives was to get away from Americanisms. Could someone tell me if there’s a setting to change the menu items? Even Apple’s menus change based on user selected internationalisation settings. ---
**Author:** ![dan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dan/32/28516_2.png) [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2025, 10:15am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/setting-the-ui-language-to-uk-english/46592/2 "2025-03-05T10:15:38Z")
Elements is not localised, we tend to use American spellings in the UI as that’s the biggest market for us. It’s mainly just Color, instead of Colour isn’t it? Is there anything else you have you noticed? ---
**Author:** ![reflex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f05b48/32.png) [@reflex](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/reflex)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2025, 7:34pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/setting-the-ui-language-to-uk-english/46592/3 "2025-03-05T19:34:23Z")
Other than _color_, under the view menu (and elsewhere) there is _catalog_. There’s also _center_ and _minimize_ under the window menu, but I realise that’s likely outside your control as it’s an OS provided menu. I know for most, it’s a really trivial thing, and you do it for financial reasons. But for me it ties into to the whole thing of “_let’s try to fit in as we really want people to like us_”. Affinity (Serif) stood up, declared they were British, had the best product, and were damn proud of it. Doesn’t seem to have held them back. Is now the era of “coming out” as British? 🥸 // Rant over ---
**Author:** ![PeteSharp](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/petesharp/32/31752_2.png) [@PeteSharp](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/PeteSharp)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2025, 11:46pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/setting-the-ui-language-to-uk-english/46592/4 "2025-03-05T23:46:28Z")
> [@dan](#): > > It’s mainly just Color, instead of Colour isn’t it? hahah. I am in New Zealand, so we use colour. But I find in my code, I keep switching between both, I guess because what we get used too with CSS. But attributes and vars end up a mix accidentally at times. ---
**Author:** ![dan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dan/32/28516_2.png) [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2025, 10:07am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/setting-the-ui-language-to-uk-english/46592/5 "2025-03-06T10:07:28Z")
Yes, that’s exactly what I do too 🥴 ---
**Author:** ![reflex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f05b48/32.png) [@reflex](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/reflex)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2025, 5:23am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/setting-the-ui-language-to-uk-english/46592/6 "2025-03-12T05:23:58Z")
Hey @Dan. As a curiosity, where does your exposure to US English come from? I noticed you say “period” in the latest video. I’d always imagined the UK to be better protected from cultural colonisation than the rest of the world. ---
**Author:** ![APSS](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/apss/32/30562_2.png) [@APSS](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/APSS)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2025, 12:03pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/setting-the-ui-language-to-uk-english/46592/7 "2025-03-12T12:03:32Z")
I prized RapidWeaver for its English (not American) spelling, I could reply on it to show me those corrections to make when I upload a blog. American English is not okay in Canada. America and Canada share a lot in language, but not when it comes to our English grammar. We remain true to our British spellings. And don’t get me going on our trade war. ---
**Author:** ![dan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dan/32/28516_2.png) [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2025, 12:15pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/setting-the-ui-language-to-uk-english/46592/8 "2025-03-12T12:15:22Z")
Understood. We’ll see what we can do! ---
**Author:** ![dan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dan/32/28516_2.png) [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2025, 12:15pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/setting-the-ui-language-to-uk-english/46592/9 "2025-03-12T12:15:26Z")