Localizing Forms

Make sure that Hard-Coded Strings inspection is activated. For more information, refer to Recognizing Hard-Coded String Literals. If the inspection is activated, the appropriate tool tips for components display in the UI Designer tool window, and quick-fix i18nize property<name> is displayed in the Form Workspace and UI Designer tool window.

Create properties files for each locale you want to provide for the GUI, and a default properties file without a postfix.

For example, for a dialog developed in English and localized to German and French, you might create the following properties files:

1. Subscription.properties

2. Subscription_de.properties

3. Subscription_fr.properties

Go through the form, and select each component that contains hardcoded strings. Click the quick-fix icon, or press Alt+Enter to show the list of available intention actions, and select i18nize property <name>, as shown on the following image:

In the I18nize Hard Coded String Literal dialog, extract hard-coded string literals to the specified properties files. For more information, refer to Hard-coded string literals.

Edit the extracted strings in the resource bundle. For more information, refer to Resource bundles.

Select a component that contains hardcoded text property.

Click the quick-fix icon, or press Alt+Enter to show the list of available intention actions.

Hover over the i18nize property <name> quick-fix, and click the right arrow icon (or press right arrow key) to reveal the submenu, as shown on the following image:

Click the option Suppress for component or Suppress for all components. The list suppressed inspections appears in the GUI Designer tool window:

With the GUI Designer tab having the focus, click the Change Local combo box on the main toolbar.

Select the desired locale from the list.