Feature request: Chrome-like full-page translation in the Codex in-app browser
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Description
What variant of Codex are you using?
Codex desktop app on Windows, built-in browser.
What feature would you like to see?
Please add native full-page translation to the built-in browser, similar to Google Chrome's Translate feature.
When reading a foreign-language webpage inside Codex, users should be able to translate the page directly in place without switching to another browser or reading a separate translation in the chat.
Suggested behavior:
- A Translate button in the browser toolbar or context menu.
- Automatic detection of the page language and a target-language selector, including Simplified Chinese.
- Translation that preserves the page layout, links, and images.
- An easy toggle to restore the original text.
- Optional preferences to always translate a particular language.
Additional information
The request comes from a Chinese-speaking user who wants the same convenient webpage-reading experience available in Chrome while staying inside Codex. A chat translation can help with the content, but does not provide the same in-page reading experience. Native translation would make the built-in browser more useful for reading documentation and other foreign-language websites.
Original request: 希望在 Codex 内置浏览器中添加类似 Chrome 的网页翻译功能。
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Research direction
The issue does not identify any files, tests, or implementation entry points. Start by locating the Codex desktop app's built-in browser integration and determine whether translation services and toolbar or context-menu actions are already supported; done means in-page translation, language selection, layout preservation, and restoration of the original text.
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Assessment
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 28/100