Bug 510212

Summary: Missing translation for “Activate widget as if clicked” on widget config windows' “Keyboard Shortcuts” pages
Product: [Plasma] plasmashell Reporter: roxfr
Component: generalAssignee: Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs-null>
Status: CONFIRMED ---    
Severity: normal CC: aacid, kde, luigi.toscano, mikel5764, nate, noahadvs
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 6.4.5   
Target Milestone: 1.0   
Platform: CachyOS   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments: Application_Launcher_Kickoff_widget_translation_bug

Description roxfr 2025-10-03 20:24:27 UTC 
Created attachment 185492 [details]
Application_Launcher_Kickoff_widget_translation_bug

On CachyOS Linux, KDE Plasma 6.4.5, in Settings → Application Launcher → Keyboard Shortcuts, the string “Activate widget as if clicked” remains in English.

- The file "/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/plasma_shell_org.kde.plasma.desktop.mo" contains the correct French translation.
- On https://l10n.kde.org/stats/gui/stable-kf6/team/fr/plasma-desktop/, the translation is 100%.

The issue seems related to widget context display, not the translation file itself.

Expected behavior:
The French translation should appear:
Activate widget as if clicked → Activer le widget comme si on cliquait dessus

System information:
- CachyOS Linux
- KDE Plasma 6.4.5
- KDE Frameworks 6.18.0
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2025-10-07 18:47:26 UTC 
Can confirm with a different language too. However there's another string on the same page that also lacks a domain string, and displays the translated text as expected. How odd. CCing some i18n people who may understand what's going on here.
Comment 2 roxfr 2025-10-07 20:01:31 UTC 
I think the problem happens because the QML file shows the text without setting the correct translation domain.
The translation actually exists in the system, but QML doesn’t know which file to use, so it keeps showing the English text.

File:
plasma-desktop-master/desktoppackage/contents/configuration/ConfigurationShortcuts.qml

Relevant code snippet:

KCM.SimpleKCM {
    title: i18n("Shortcuts")

    Kirigami.FormLayout {
        KeySequenceItem {
            Kirigami.FormData.label: i18nc("@action:button set keyboard shortcut for", "Activate widget as if clicked:")
        }
    }
}

To fix the issue, it would be necessary to add either:

Kirigami.LocaleHelper {
    id: localeHelper
    domain: "plasma_shell_org.kde.plasma.desktop"
}

or:

KCM.SimpleKCM {
    KCM.ConfigModule {
        translationDomain: "plasma_shell_org.kde.plasma.desktop"
    }
    ...
}

This will ensure that the correct translation is loaded and displayed.
Comment 3 Nate Graham 2025-10-08 16:45:04 UTC 
Could be, but then why does the other string in the file (which also does not have a domain specified) get translated?
Comment 4 Albert Astals Cid 2025-10-08 21:09:12 UTC 
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #3)
> Could be, but then why does the other string in the file (which also does
> not have a domain specified) get translated?

You mean     

title: i18n("Shortcuts")

?

That's not being used at all, change it to blo blo blo and it will still say desktop shortcuts
Comment 5 Albert Astals Cid 2025-10-08 21:11:30 UTC 
I can confirm that 

            Kirigami.FormData.label: i18ndc("plasma_shell_org.kde.plasma.desktop", "@action:button set keyboard shortcut for", "Activate widget as if clicked:")


Fixes it, i have no idea what Kirigami.LocaleHelper or KCM.ConfigModule do