Closed Bug 1690699 Opened 5 years ago Closed 3 years ago

Text on composeAction button stays on previous language after TB language change

Categories

(Thunderbird :: Add-Ons: Extensions API, defect)

Product:
Thunderbird
Component:
Add-Ons: Extensions API
Type:
defect

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1767388

People

(Reporter: k-l-p, Unassigned)

References

Details

User Story

Workaround: After changing TB interface language, disable and re-enable the addon from addons tab, which triggers re-translation.

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:85.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/85.0

Steps to reproduce:

Install Add-on "Textmarker" version 5.0.1 in TB running in English.
Button text in compose window is "Mark".
Change language in options to French. Button text is "Surligner".
Change language in options back to English.

Actual results:

Button text is "Surligner", i.e. still French.

Expected results:

Button should be "Mark", i.e. changed to the correct language, English.

I was failing to even show "Surligner" (French for "mark") ever, until I did this:

  • temporarily disable and re-enable the addon in the target language (no extra restart required)

So that's the workaround for this bug. Seems like addons need an extra nudge to retranslate themselves.

Severity: -- → S3
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Ever confirmed: true
See Also: → 1620183
User Story: (updated)
Severity: S3 → S4

This affects Firefox as well. I created a reproducer add-on which can be used to show case the error in Firefox as well. Closing this bug in favour of the new Firefox bug.

I bluntly cloned the Textmarker add-on for this.

Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 3 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
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