Issue with copying protected placeholder

1

Hello,

at project Nextcloud we use protected placeholders.
Since a few weeks we have an issue with some strings.

Translators reported:
Variables cannot be added to the translation field from the source string—neither via the Ctrl+Alt+1 shortcut nor by clicking on the variable itself.

I checked it and can confirm.
It worked in the past as some translations contain them.

Example link:

Source text:

Extra parameters are model-specific. For example\: {"width"\:1920,"height"\:1080}

Protected placeholder :

{…}

Screenshot from translated string (translated 2 years ago):

2026-07-14_14h18_43
2026-07-14_14h18_43850×848 48.4 KB

Can you please check your editor?

Tested browsers

  • Browser Firefox v152
  • Chrome Version 150.0.7871.115
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Hi @rakekniven,

Thank you for reporting this.The autocompletion and shortcut functionality works as expected for variables native to the file format being processed.

For custom variables defined via custom placeholders, this should also be supported so the behavior you’re describing sounds like something isn’t working as expected on that front. I’ve raised a ticket with our Engineering team to investigate what may have changed for custom placeholder insertion.

I’ll keep you posted as soon as we have an update. In the meantime, feel free to reach out if you have any other questions.

Best regards,

Carlos, Transifex TAM