# Switching the locale of a component

The Discovery Framework includes resources that you can use to switch a component's locale.

The Language component, described in the next topic, can be used to change the locale of a portlet.

There are also controls available in the Display Settings section of Liferay's Control Panel (as well as configuration properties in the portal.properties file) for setting the default container locale and the available locales. For full details on using these Liferay features, see the Liferay Portal documentation.