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In Rails, how to translate buttons in javascript popup confirm box

When including data: { confirm: "Are you sure?" } to a link_to helper, how do we translate the two buttons "Cancel" and "OK" in the popup?

Is the Rail's I18n applicable in some way?

Solution

  • By default (relying on the data-confirm attribute and calling window.confirm()), rails-ujs uses the browser's native confirmation dialogs, so you can't really translate them, they will use the browser's translation.

    If you use some alternative solution (which actually replaces the data-confirm attribute with something else) the views depend on the specific solution you choose (for example http://lesseverything.com/blog/archives/2012/07/18/customizing-confirmation-dialog-in-rails/)

    TL;DR: You can't.