openclaw - 💡(How to fix) Fix [Feature]: i18n for native macOS .app (menu bar, settings windows) [1 comments, 2 participants]

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Add i18n/localization support for the native macOS .app (menu bar, settings windows, about dialog).

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Add i18n/localization support for the native macOS .app (menu bar, settings windows, about dialog).

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Summary

Add i18n/localization support for the native macOS .app (menu bar, settings windows, about dialog).

Current State

  • Control UI (web): ✅ 19 languages including zh-CN
  • macOS native .app: ❌ All UI strings hardcoded in English via Text("...")

Scope

Strings that need localization (SwiftUI Text("...") calls):

  • AboutSettings.swift — "OpenClaw", "Version", "Built...", "Menu bar companion for notifications..."
  • AgentEventsWindow.swift — "Agent Events", "run..."
  • ChannelConfigForm.swift — "Select…", "Enabled", "Unsupported field type", "Extra entries"
  • ChannelsSettings*.swift — "Channels", "Refresh", "Show QR", "Save", "Configure"
  • Menu bar items — "OpenClaw Active", "Send Heartbeats", "Browser Control", "Exec Approvals"
  • Settings tabs — "General", "Channels", "Config", "Instances", "Sessions", "Cron", "Notifications"

Suggested Approach

  1. Set up .xcstrings or Localizable.xcstrings for the Swift app
  2. Extract strings via genstrings or xcodebuild -exportLocalizations
  3. Add zh-CN as the first target language
  4. Reuse existing translations from ui/src/i18n/locales/zh-CN.ts where applicable

Related

  • Previous (closed) request: #61285
  • Control UI i18n infra: ui/src/i18n/locales/zh-CN.ts

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