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Feature request: support viewing/editing system texts (e.g. ConfirmationDialog caption) via MDL #753

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@unso99

Summary

There is no MDL command to view or edit system texts (Language → System Texts in Studio Pro).
This makes it impossible to localize client-provided UI strings from the CLI.

Environment

  • mxcli v0.14.0 (2026-07-06)
  • Mendix 11.12.0 (React/modern client)

Use case

Our app shows a delete-confirmation dialog via NanoflowCommons ShowConfirmation
(mx.ui.confirmation). On web, the dialog caption comes from the system text
mxui.widget.ConfirmationDialog.caption (default: "Confirmation"). To localize it
(e.g. to Korean "확인"), the only option today is Studio Pro — it cannot be scripted.

What I checked

  • SHOW SETTINGS / ALTER SETTINGS LANGUAGE only exposes DefaultLanguageCode
  • SEARCH 'Confirmation' does not index system texts
  • No SYSTEM TEXT related command in HELP

Proposal

Something like:

  • SHOW SYSTEM TEXTS [LIKE '%confirm%'] [IN 'ko_KR']
  • ALTER SYSTEM TEXT 'mxui.widget.ConfirmationDialog.caption' IN 'ko_KR' = '확인';

This would allow fully scripted localization of Mendix apps.

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