Change unit spelling to english (metres not meters)

[MarkCooper5]

Hi

I need to change the  spelling of the distance units in a WAB developer app to UK English spelling, ie metres not meters. Specifically, it is the scale bar and measuement apps that in need to change. I have been through all the files in the widget folders and cannot see what to change. I have also looked at the \jimu.js\nls\main.js and made changes to the bits in quotation marks in the units section, butt this has had no effect. Any ideas what else I need to do?

Thanks

[RobertScheitlin__GISP · Accepted solution]

Mark,

   Those values will be coming from the JS API directly and not something in WAB. For that you have to make JS API NLS changes.

Localization | Guide | ArcGIS API for JavaScript 3.25 

require(["dojo/i18n!esri/nls/jsapi"],
  function(bundle) {
    bundle.widgets.measurement.NLS_length_meters = "Metres";
  }
);‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍

[MarkCooper5]

I have found the main_en.js file in the \WebAppBuilderForArcGIS\client\builder\nls folder, but that doesn't appear to be the correct place as it has no effect. Can you tell be where I will find the file?

Thanks

[RobertScheitlin__GISP]

Mark,

   As I mentioned earlier it is not a file you will find in WAB. It is part of the core JS API code. If you add the code I posted to your widget or app then you can override the defult JS API strings.

[MarkCooper5]

Perfect, thank you. Interestingly the coordinate widget appears to get its units from its on strings.js file in the NLS folder.