How to preserve sprites in TMP text component?

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Recently I have started looking into the official Localization package and started converting standalone texts to being localized which works like a charm. However, I have a couple of Text (UI) components in which I am using the sprite tag to add images to buttons.

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Now obviously I could make the tag part of the translation string but I would like to avoid keeping redunant information around, considering I might want to change the sprite further down the road. What would be the recommenced approach if I wanted to have the text translated but the sprite tag preserved at the same time?

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Hmm. If the issue is that you want to be able to easily change the sprite, e.g the index then you could make it a smart string and place the index as a persistent variable like so:

“<sprite={spriteId}> Upgrade”
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This does mean you keep the sprite in the localized string though. An alternative would be to write a script that adds the sprite on before displaying it. Something like:

public class SpriteExample : MonoBehaviour
{
    public LocalizedString localizedString;
    public string spriteString = "<sprite=32>";
    public TMP_Text tMP_Text;

    void OnEnable()
    {
        localizedString.StringChanged += LocalizedString_StringChanged;
    }

    void OnDisable()
    {
        localizedString.StringChanged -= LocalizedString_StringChanged;
    }

    void LocalizedString_StringChanged(string value)
    {
        tMP_Text.text = $"{spriteString} {value}";
    }
}
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The second option sounds more helpful in that case - it’s a bit of extra work but at least nobody needs to worry about the sprite tag in the translation table. :smile:

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