Translations often contain technical elements like HTML markup and placeholders. Since these elements usually shouldn’t be modified or translated, you may want to hide them and display them as small blocks. You can enable this by using the Placeholders as blocks feature in the project editor.
Displaying placeholders as blocks on the project level
To display HTML tags and placeholders as blocks, click the Display placeholders as blocks button in the editor:
Once this feature is enabled, all placeholders and HTML tags will be visually replaced with small blocks. You can click on these blocks to reveal the actual content:
If the Display placeholders as blocks feature is disabled, you will see the actual tags:
Keep in mind that, as a translator, you should generally avoid modifying or translating these elements unless explicitly instructed to do so by developers or your team lead.
Displaying placeholders as blocks in the editor
You can also toggle the visibility of placeholders while editing a translation by clicking the corresponding button in the editor:
