How do I change the name of the default component?
Question
I noticed everywhere in the canvas "Box" is the term for the default container. I'd like to change that
I found the customLabel strategy function on the canvas; that works, but as soon as I implement it, I lose the default behavior for labelling everywhere else in the template designer. Don't want that.
Really, what I just want to do is change the name of the "default" container so that the badge appears as "Responsive Container."
What's the best way to do that?
Andrew
Answers (3)
You can do it by updating the i18n string
Outstanding! Thanks.
Hey... this works, but nulls out all of the other names. How do I override just that name?
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