SharePoint / SharePoint/sp-dev-docs

Property pane titles are not translated

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Since Sep 26, 2025.

area:spfx sharepoint-developer-support type:bug-confirmed type:bug-suspected
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Description

Target SharePoint environment

SharePoint Online

What SharePoint development model, framework, SDK or API is this about?

💥 SharePoint Framework

Developer environment

Windows

What browser(s) / client(s) have you tested
  • 💥 Internet Explorer
  • 💥 Microsoft Edge
  • 💥 Google Chrome
  • 💥 FireFox
  • 💥 Safari
  • mobile (iOS/iPadOS)
  • mobile (Android)
  • not applicable
  • other (enter in the "Additional environment details" area below)
Additional environment details
  • browser version Google Chrome 140.0.7339.185 (Official Build) (64-bit)
  • SPFx version 1.21.1
  • Node.js version 22.14.0
Describe the bug / error

Even if the title that appears for the property pane is provided in multiple languages in the manifest, it still appears in English when editing the web part as a user with a profile language set to one of the translation languages.

Steps to reproduce
  1. Create a new SPFx web part using the Yeoman generator
  2. In the preconfiguredEntries of the manifest under "title", add the translation for the title in a second language, Ex: "title": {"default": "Sample", "fr-FR": "Échantillon"}.
  3. Build and package the web part.
  4. Deploy the web part to a site and add it to a page.
  5. View the page as a user with French (France) as their language. The property pane title will display in English.

This also happens with out-of-the-box web parts like News (Shows "News" instead of "Nouvelles"). The description works as expected, only the title is not translated.

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Expected behavior

If a translation is provided in the web part manifest for the title, it should be shown when viewed by a user with that language set in their profile.

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