# Custom sidebar section translations break after changing the site's default locale **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-sidebar-section-translations-break-after-changing-the-sites-default-locale/408327 **Category:** Bug **Tags:** sidebar, localization, fixed **Created:** [23 juli 2026 om 05:30 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-sidebar-section-translations-break-after-changing-the-sites-default-locale/408327 "2026-07-23T05:30:33Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 1
### Author: ![Don](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/don/32/228726_2.png) [@Don](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Don) #### Post date: [23 juli 2026 om 05:30 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-sidebar-section-translations-break-after-changing-the-sites-default-locale/408327/1 "2026-07-23T05:30:33Z")
Hello 👋 **[EDGE CASE]** There is an issue with the translation/localization feature for **Custom Sidebar Sections/Links**. If a custom sidebar section or link is created while the site’s `default locale` setting is set to Language A (e.g., English), but the site’s `default locale` is later changed to Language B (e.g., Hungarian), the existing custom sidebar records do not adapt to the new default locale. As a result, the UI misinterprets the base/default input field, causing language options in the translation dropdown to be completely swapped and scrambled. ### Steps to Reproduce 1. Set `default locale` Site Setting to **English**. 2. Create a new custom sidebar section/link, but enter the text in **Hungarian** (because the user locale was Hungarian for me) (e.g., set base label as `"Főoldal"` and path as `"/"`). I didn’t localized it because there wasn’t a feature to do this yet. 3. Change the site’s `default locale` Site Setting to **Hungarian** (`hu`). 4. Edit the custom sidebar section created in Step 2 and try to translate it: Thanks --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-sidebar-section-translations-break-after-changing-the-sites-default-locale/408327)._