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When adding an attachment in non-English language, the Browse... button always says 'Browse...' regardless of what entered under sys-loc - messages. Also 'Choose Files' in the attachment dialog box uses the browser's language instead of the user's. - Known Error
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KB0681867

When adding an attachment in non-English language, the Browse... button always says 'Browse...' regardless of what entered under sys-loc - messages. Also 'Choose Files' in the attachment dialog box uses the browser's language instead of the user's.


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KB Summary by Now Assist

Description

When adding an attachment in non-English language, the Browse... button always says 'Browse...' regardless of what entered under sys-loc - messages.

The 'Choose Files' button in the attachment dialog box uses the browser's system language instead of the user's instance chosen language.

Steps to Reproduce

1 - Browser Chrome set to German
2 - Service Now instance set to English
3 - Open an existing or new incident 
4 - Click the attachment icon in the header row 
5 - The attachment dialog will be displayed 
6 - There should be a button "Durchsuchen" (German)  instead of "Browse"

Workaround

This is expected behaviour, as these are not a ServiceNow buttons. The SN platform is using the standard HTML's <input type="file"> as the button on the Attachment dialog. It is browser dependent, usually coming from the operating system language, and cannot be translated.

 


Related Problem: PRB042408

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