'Show Template' defaulting to on for non-English(US) languages

[jordesign]

Quick summary

Update: The "Show Template" option should be on by default for all languages.

Quick summary

If a user's account language is set to English(US), the 'Site Template' option (from the preview menu and/or 'Template' setting in the sidebar) doesn't default to on.

This is not matching the default Gutenberg behaviour on self-hosted sites.

Steps to reproduce

1. In your user profile - ensure your account language is set to English(US).
2. Go to 'Pages' in the admin menu and click a page to edit.

What you expected to happen

The Page content should be displayed with the page template (header, footer, etc).

What actually happened

The page editor only shows the page content.

Impact

Some (< 50%)

Available workarounds?

Yes, difficult to implement

If the above answer is "Yes...", outline the workaround.

User's affected by this can switch to English as their account language temporarily.

Platform (Simple and/or Atomic)

Simple

Logs or notes

These seems to be effecting Simple Sites.
However I have noticed in testing my Atomic site that the 'Site Template' also shows by default - I'm not sure if this is by design.

[Robertght]

📌 REPRODUCTION RESULTS

• Tested on Simple – Replicated
• Tested on Atomic – Could Not Replicate
• Replicable outside of Dotcom – No

📌 ACTIONS

• Triaged
• Requested author feedback

📌 Message to Author
@jordesign I'm a bit unsure how to read this. Should we or should we not have "Show template" turned on by default?

While checking this on a self-hosted website, I noticed the option is turned on by default on all languages.

@annezazu do you know if language should be a factor on how this feature works?

[jordesign]

My understanding is that on WPCOM we have it disabled deliberately.
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[annezazu]

do you know if language should be a factor on how this feature works?

No! This shouldn't be different based on language.