Drupal core language module, language switcher block

Question

Can a preprocess hook convert the default ul of hyperlinks into a drop-down select list? Something like this hook.

function THEME_preprocess_links__language_block(&$variables)

Answer 1

You can copy the core/modules/system/templates/links.html.twig into your theme's templates directory, call it links--language-block.html.twig and in this file adjust the output from the default ul/li structure into a different html structure.

NOTE: there is already 3 maybe more modules that convert the language switcher to dropdown lang_dropdown, dropdown_language and bootstrap_languages.