Fix language selector invalid value

.changeset/rude-lobsters-destroy.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@astrojs/starlight': patch
+---
+
+Fixes an issue where the language picker in multilingual sites could display the wrong language when navigating between pages with the browser back/forward buttons.

package.json

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     {
       "name": "/_astro/*.js",
       "path": "examples/basics/dist/_astro/*.js",
-      "limit": "23 kB",
+      "limit": "23.5 kB",
       "gzip": true
     },
     {

packages/starlight/components/LanguageSelect.astro

@@ -42,6 +42,16 @@ function localizedPathname(locale: string | undefined): string {
 						window.location.pathname = e.currentTarget.value;
 					}
 				});
+				window.addEventListener('pageshow', (event) => {
+					if (!event.persisted) return;
+					// If the page was loaded from a cache, the language select selected index might not be
+					// in sync with the current page.
+					const markupSelectedIndex =
+						select.querySelector<HTMLOptionElement>('option[selected]')?.index;
+					if (markupSelectedIndex !== select.selectedIndex) {
+						select.selectedIndex = markupSelectedIndex ?? 0;
+					}
+				});
 			}
 		}
 	}

packages/starlight/components/Select.astro

@@ -12,12 +12,21 @@ interface Props {
 		selected: boolean;
 	}>;
 }
+
+/**
+ * The `autocomplete="off"` attribute is used to prevent the browser from automatically selecting a
+ * value for this input, e.g. based on the user's previous selections, as this could lead to
+ * incorrect values being selected for example when the user switches between languages and uses
+ * the back button.
+ * Note that this attribute is only useful when a value is not restored at a later stage, e.g. the
+ * bfcache that ignores this attribute when restoring the value.
+ */
 ---
 
 <label style={`--sl-select-width: ${Astro.props.width}`}>
 	<span class="sr-only">{Astro.props.label}</span>
 	<Icon name={Astro.props.icon} class="icon label-icon" />
-	<select value={Astro.props.value}>
+	<select value={Astro.props.value} autocomplete="off">
 		{
 			Astro.props.options.map(({ value, selected, label }) => (
 				<option value={value} selected={selected} set:html={label} />