How to Translate the "characters left" Warning in Shack Forms

When you translate the field labels of your Shack Forms Pro form module, you notice an untranslated characters left warning underneath the Message textarea:

the characters left warning untranslated

You can easily translate it to your preferred language, such as, for our example, Finnish:

the characters left warning translated

You can do it using the Joomla core Language Overrides component.

  • In your Joomla admin dashboard, go to System > Language Overrides:

the language overrides link

  • This will bring you to the Languages: Overrides screen. Click on the Select Language & Client and in the drop-down options, select the English (United Kingdom) - Site option:

the English, United Kingdom front-end language selected

  • Click New:

the new button

  • You will see the Languages: Edit Override screen. Enter characters left in the Search Text field and click the blue Search button.
  • This will trigger the Search Results block display on a dark grey background. Click on it.
  • In response, the previously empty Text box will be populated with the English text characters left.
  • Translate this text to your preferred language. For this tutorial, it was translated into Finnish.
  • Click Save or Save & Close:

the new language override interface

Your Shack Forms Pro form module will now display the characters left text in your language.