OpenRefine / OpenRefine/OpenRefine
Clarify label for separator in templating export dialog
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export: template
Module: Frontend
Type: Feature Request
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- Java
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Description
The templating export behaves slightly different when opened in records mode. The separator will be added after each record instead of being added after each row. Hence the label "Row Separator" is misleading.
Proposed solution
Rename Row Separator to Separator (after each row or record)
Additional context

example data (create from clipboard)
column1,column2
1,a
,b
2,a
3,a
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Research direction
Start in the templating export dialog and locate the existing “Row Separator” label. Rename it to “Separator (after each row or record)” and verify that the dialog displays the updated wording in both records and rows modes.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- java
- Domain
- frontend, localization
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 1/5
- Estimated time
- Under an hour
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100