Page Translation ?
Below are two attached images, please take a look. From my understanding there are two different translation features built into firefox, you can identify them by looking at the attached screenshots. I very much dislike the translation features which has the "page icon". The other option which looks like an "alphabet icon" and has "EN" attached to it is very much welcome. I want to add this translation feature to the toolbar, however when i open up the "customize toolbar option" there is no translation feature available. How can i add it? I do remember that in previous firefox version, the translation feature was pinned to the very right of the bar.
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I’ve noticed the same two translation icons in Firefox and was also wondering why only one shows up in the toolbar options. It feels like Mozilla hasn’t made the newer “EN” style button easily customizable yet, which is a bit frustrating.
Your first screenshot shows the Firefox Translation button, and your second screenshot shows the Reader View button.
These address bar buttons appear when Firefox detects that they are relevant to the current page. For example, when my preferred language is English and the page metadata indicates that it is in English, the Firefox Translate button is hidden. If I wanted to translate the full page to some other language, I would access that here:
menu button > Translate page...
If I wanted to translate part of the page, after selecting it, I could right-click the page and click "Translate Selection to [Last Used Language]."
As far as I know, the contextual in-address-bar button and the menu items are the only ways to initiate the feature. No other buttons are available.
Your Firefox reported itself as version 128, presumably the Extended Support Release. If you stay on the ESR track, your next version will be Firefox 140. That will support more languages, but I don't know whether there are any other changes relevant to this feature between the two releases.
I see i'll have to use the menu and manually select translate page which isn't an optimal solutin. I want to reply to this: "These address bar buttons appear when Firefox detects that they are relevant to the current page" Honestly i do not care if or when firefox detects whatever it thinks could be "relevant". I am the user, i decide what is relevant to me, my browsers job is not to decide for me what is relevant and what is not. I'm using multiple firefox forks, v128 isn't my only. Got 139 aswell but it's the same problem there. Thanks anyways for replying.
jscher2000 - Support Volunteer said
Your first screenshot shows the Firefox Translation button, and your second screenshot shows the Reader View button. These address bar buttons appear when Firefox detects that they are relevant to the current page. For example, when my preferred language is English and the page metadata indicates that it is in English, the Firefox Translate button is hidden. If I wanted to translate the full page to some other language, I would access that here: menu button > Translate page... If I wanted to translate part of the page, after selecting it, I could right-click the page and click "Translate Selection to [Last Used Language]." As far as I know, the contextual in-address-bar button and the menu items are the only ways to initiate the feature. No other buttons are available. Your Firefox reported itself as version 128, presumably the Extended Support Release. If you stay on the ESR track, your next version will be Firefox 140. That will support more languages, but I don't know whether there are any other changes relevant to this feature between the two releases.
No about:config option to force-add the translation icon to toolbar?
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/website-translation
Not helpful. Doesn't explain how to manually enable page translation when firefox doesn't do it automatically which often times it DOES NOT. Useful future, just useless because it can't be used. Maskes lot's of sense.
Delete-Firefox-get-Librewolf said
No about:config option to force-add the translation icon to toolbar?
I'm not aware of one, or I would have mentioned it before.
Mozilla has a product suggestion site at https://connect.mozilla.org/. If you have time, I think it would be a good idea to post this request there to get into the current feedback stream. Use the "Ideas" section of the site (at https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/ideas/idb-p/ideas).
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