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Translating custom buttons

You can translate custom button labels with FancyMenu placeholders:

{"placeholder":"local","values":{"key":"your.translation.key"}}

Put that into the button label, and FancyMenu will replace it with the text from your localization file.
More info: Localizing Layouts

If you want, I can also show you how to set up the actual en_us.json / de_de.json files for the translations ✨

Sure ✨

1) Create a localization file

Make a resource pack with your language files, for example:

assets/minecraft/lang/en_us.json

{
  "my_menu.play": "Play",
  "my_menu.quit": "Quit"
}

assets/minecraft/lang/de_de.json

{
  "my_menu.play": "Spielen",
  "my_menu.quit": "Beenden"
}

Important:

• The keys must stay the same
• Only the translated text changes
• You need an en_us.json fallback

More info here: Localizing Layouts

2) Use the translation in the button label

Set the custom button label to:

{"placeholder":"local","values":{"key":"my_menu.play"}}

For the quit button:

{"placeholder":"local","values":{"key":"my_menu.quit"}}

3) Test it

When the game language changes, FancyMenu will show the matching translation automatically.

If you want, I can also show you how to localize:

• button hover text
• entire layouts
• images with different languages

Yep 😊

To change the Quit button from English to Polish, do this:

1) Add the Polish translation key

In your localization file, use the same key, but put the Polish text in pl_pl.json:

{
  "my_menu.quit": "Wyjdź"
}

Keep your English fallback in en_us.json too:

{
  "my_menu.quit": "Quit"
}

2) Use that key in the button label

Set the button label to:

{"placeholder":"local","values":{"key":"my_menu.quit"}}

3) Make sure Minecraft is set to Polish

FancyMenu will show the Polish text when the game language is set to Polish.

More info: Localizing Layouts

If you want, I can also give you the exact folder path and file structure for the resource pack 🙂

To set a custom button label in FancyMenu:

1. Right-click the button
2. Open label/text settings
3. Enter your text there

If you want it to be translated, use a placeholder like this:

{"placeholder":"local","values":{"key":"your.translation.key"}}

If you mean the vanilla button label specifically, you need to customize the button in a layout for the current screen and edit the button’s label there.
Docs: Text Formatting and Localizing Layouts

If you want, I can show you exactly where to click in the editor ✨

You can use placeholders in text fields that support placeholders — in FancyMenu, that’s usually when the full text editor opens.

Common places:

• Button labels
• Text elements
• Sliders
• Loading requirements
• Action values
• Advanced position/size fields

To insert one, click the Placeholders button in the text editor and pick the one you want.
Docs: Placeholders

For a translated button label, use:

{"placeholder":"local","values":{"key":"your.translation.key"}}

If you want, I can tell you exactly where to put it for a button label 🙂

Put the placeholder in the button label text field.

Example:

{"placeholder":"local","values":{"key":"my_menu.quit"}}

Steps:

1. Right-click the button
2. Open the label/text editor
3. Paste the placeholder there
4. Save

If you mean a custom button you made in FancyMenu, that’s the right place.
If you mean a vanilla button, tell me which screen it is and I’ll tell you where to edit it 🙂

You can change a vanilla button’s texture/colors by editing it in a layout for the current screen:

1. Open the screen
2. Enable Current Screen Customization
3. Create a layout for current screen
4. Right-click the vanilla button
5. Set its background textures or use a template button

If you mean the button should have a different text color, that’s usually done through the button label text/component, but the button itself is mainly changed via its textures.

Docs:

• Vanilla Elements
• Button & Slider Templates

If you want, I can also tell you how to make it look like a red / blue / green button specifically ✨

To make a button label red, use a Minecraft formatting code in the label:

{"text":"Quit","color":"red"}

If the label is plain text, you can also try:

&cQuit

For vanilla/mod buttons, the safest way is the JSON text component version.
Docs: Text Formatting

If you want, I can show you how to do this for a translated label too 🙂

Yes — that’s because if you replace the label with plain text like Quit, the translation placeholder is gone.

Use the localized text as the label, and wrap it in a red component instead:

{"text":"","extra":[{"placeholder":"local","values":{"key":"my_menu.quit"}}],"color":"red"}

If FancyMenu doesn’t accept that directly in your label field, then the easy alternative is:

• keep the {"placeholder":"local"...} label
• and use the translation file to provide the translated text
• but for per-language red styling, you’d need to use a formatted text component that supports both

If you want, I can help you make the quit button red and translated at the same time with the exact format for FancyMenu ✨

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