Anthony StirlingandGitHub
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## Summary
Audit + bulk fix of hard-coded English UI strings - `aria-label`,
`title`, `placeholder`, `label`, and raw JSX literals that bypassed i18n
entirely. Each literal now goes through `t("key", "English Default")`
from `react-i18next`, and every new key has a corresponding entry in
`en-GB/translation.toml` so translators can pick it up.
## What this fixes
Strings were rendered untranslated in every non-EN locale because they
never went through `t()` at all (not just "value not translated yet").
Affects screen-reader labels, tooltips, form placeholders, empty/loading
states, plan card content, and the entire workflow ParticipantView.
## Coverage (~143 keys / 50 files)
- **Viewer chrome** - search bar (close, clear, prev/next, "of N"
results), link/signature/redaction actions, viewer error state, zoom
labels
- **Page editor** - undo/redo/rotate/delete toolbar tooltips, empty
state, bulk selection operator chip tooltips
- **Shared primitives** - Tooltip close, InfoBanner dismiss, TextInput
clear, Toast dismiss/toggle, UpdateModal close, EditableSecretField
edit, DropdownListWithFooter search, FileCard/FileDropdownMenu actions,
EmptyFilesState + AddFileCard upload
- **Tools** - Image upload + hint, ColorControl eyedropper, sign Use
Signature, CompressSettings, OCR loading, PageLayout
margin/border/row/col placeholders, FormFill switch + save + re-scan
- **Proprietary admin** - OverviewHeader signed-in line + logout,
AdminPremiumSection moved-features list (via `<Trans>`),
AdminPlanSection no-data alert, AdminAdvancedSection temp-dir
placeholders, AdminEndpointsSection multiselect placeholders,
AdminMailSection + AdminDatabaseSection password placeholders
- **Onboarding** - MFASetupSlide QR loading + auth code label,
SecurityCheckSlide role select + options
- **ParticipantView** - entire sign-document UI (~30 strings: loading,
error, badges, headings, cert-type Select, all input labels and
placeholders, action buttons, completion + expired alerts) - file
previously imported `useTranslation` but only used `t()` for cert
validation
- **planConstants.ts refactor** - replaced `PLAN_FEATURES` /
`PLAN_HIGHLIGHTS` const exports with `usePlanFeatures()` /
`usePlanHighlights()` hooks. Service layer (`licenseService.getPlans`)
updated to accept feature/highlight maps so it stays hook-free. Callers
(`usePlans`, `CheckoutContext`) resolve the hooks at the React boundary
- **Previously catalogued offenders** - `FileSidebarFileItem`
open/close-viewer aria-labels, `quickAccessBar/ActiveToolButton` "Back
to all tools" tooltip + aria, `AppConfigModal` close button
## Notes
- One small refactor in `usePageSelectionTips.ts` was needed to resolve
a TOML key-shape conflict: the existing scalar keys
`bulkSelection.operators.{and,not,comma}` needed to become tables to
hold the new `.title` subkeys for OperatorsSection's chip tooltips. The
existing descriptions moved to `[bulkSelection.operators.descriptions]`
and the three i18n key paths in usePageSelectionTips were updated to
match.
- Viewer sidebar close buttons
(Bookmark/Layer/Thumbnail/Attachment/Comments) were on the audit list
but are NOT on main - they're added by the unmerged PR #6552
(feat/viewer-sidebar-ux). Those particular strings will need wrapping
when that PR lands.
- TOML hook (`toml-sort-fix`) ran and re-sorted the translation file.
## Test plan
- [ ] `task frontend:typecheck` passes (core + proprietary + desktop
variants)
- [ ] `task frontend:lint` passes
- [ ] Switching language to Deutsch / Русский: previously-English
`aria-label`s + tooltips + placeholders + plan card bullets now render
translated (when the locale has values) or fall back to the English
default (when it doesn't)
- [ ] Plan page bullet points in EN render unchanged
- [ ] Sign-document flow (ParticipantView) renders unchanged in EN
Frontend
All frontend commands are run from the repository root using Task:
task frontend:dev— start Vite dev server (localhost:5173)task frontend:build— production buildtask frontend:test— run teststask frontend:test:watch— run tests in watch modetask frontend:lint— run ESLint + cycle detectiontask frontend:typecheck— run TypeScript type checkingtask frontend:check— run typecheck + lint + testtask frontend:install— install npm dependencies
For desktop app development, see the Tauri section below.
Layout
frontend/ is a workspace containing one or more apps. Today it holds the
PDF editor under frontend/editor/; new apps (the developer portal, etc.)
will sit alongside it as siblings. Shared tooling — package.json, node_modules,
.storybook/, ESLint, Prettier — lives at frontend/ so every app installs
once and lints with the same config.
Environment Variables
The editor's environment variables live in committed .env files at
frontend/editor/:
.env— used by all builds (core, proprietary, and as the base for desktop/SaaS).env.desktop— additional vars loaded in desktop (Tauri) mode.env.saas— additional vars loaded in SaaS mode
These files contain non-secret defaults and are checked into Git, so most dev work needs no further setup.
To override values locally (API keys, machine-specific settings), create an uncommitted sibling editor/.env.local / editor/.env.desktop.local / editor/.env.saas.local. Vite automatically layers these on top of the committed files.
Docker Setup
For Docker deployments and configuration, see the Docker README.
Tauri
All desktop tasks are available via Task. From the root of the repo:
Dev
task desktop:dev
This ensures the JLink runtime and backend JAR exist (skipping if already built), then starts Tauri in dev mode.
Build
task desktop:build
This does a full clean rebuild of the backend JAR and JLink runtime, then builds the Tauri app for production.
Platform-specific dev builds are also available:
task desktop:build:dev # No bundling
task desktop:build:dev:mac # macOS .app bundle
task desktop:build:dev:windows # Windows NSIS installer
task desktop:build:dev:linux # Linux AppImage
JLink Tasks
You can also run JLink steps individually:
task desktop:jlink # Build JAR + create JLink runtime
task desktop:jlink:jar # Build backend JAR only
task desktop:jlink:runtime # Create JLink custom JRE only
task desktop:jlink:clean # Remove JLink artifacts
Clean
task desktop:clean
Removes all desktop build artifacts including JLink runtime, bundled JARs, Cargo build, and dist/build directories.