Copy document structure for localizations

woellij

2 months ago

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  dribbens

  Payload Team

  2 months ago

  The nice thing about Payload's localization is that it can be applied at any level of your document structure. Since the blocks layout you're working in has localization: true, this is being set at the top in your project currently. It sounds like you would prefer to have the localization applied at the field level, inside your blocks instead of at the top.

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  woellij

  2 months ago

  Thanks for the response.

  
  
  

  I got it working by removing

  localized: true

  from the Page Layout. It might be a bit misleading for total newcomers trying out the demo.

  
  

  But it is a great feature to be able to localize even the layout of documents.

  
  

  I'm more than likely going to recommend going forward with using payload-cms in the project.

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  kariyngva

  2 weeks ago

  Hey @dribbens

  
  

  In the case where you localise on the field level wouldn't that mean, if you'd remove a block on the

  de

  version it would also be removed on the

  en

  version?

  
  
  

  I ran into the same thing and kinda figured keeping the localisation on the block field would be a better option. Do you think it would be tricky to implement a custom component to copy block structure from the original language?

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  dribbens

  Payload Team

  2 weeks ago

  This is up to your config @kariyngva . If you want the document to have the same blocks, you would not set

  localized: true

  on the block field and instead put it on the fields within the blocks.

  
  

  
  

  We have a task right now to improve our localization editing experience

  
  

  
  

  I'd say this is a great point to make in the discussion on github to capture your pain paints.

  
  

  
  

  https://github.com/payloadcms/payload/discussions/1234
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  kariyngva

  2 weeks ago

  Thanks, I'll add my 2 cents 🙂

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  dribbens

  Payload Team

  2 weeks ago

  Thanks!