# Text & translation

> Override table labels, messages, and placeholders.

Source: https://docs.inertiax.dev/table/guide/text/

Set `texts` on the provider for application-wide labels, or on one table:

**React**

```tsx
<AppTable
  prop="users"
  customization={{
    texts: {
      search: { placeholder: 'Search team members…' },
      filters: { searchFields: 'Find a field…' },
      empty: { label: 'No matching team members.' },
      pagination: { pageSummary: '{page} / {lastPage}' },
      boolean: { true: 'Enabled', false: 'Disabled' },
    },
  }}
/>
```

Unspecified messages keep their defaults. Pass translated strings from your application’s localization system.

## Dynamic labels

Keep placeholders such as `{page}`, `{lastPage}`, `{selected}`, `{total}`, and `{column}` in the messages that use them. The built-in UI substitutes their values.

## Labels from Laravel

Translate column headings, filter labels, select option labels, and comparison labels in PHP. Laravel supplies these labels with the table definition:

**Laravel**

```php
use InertiaX\Table\Columns\BooleanColumn;
use InertiaX\Table\Filters\Clauses\Enums\ClauseType;
use InertiaX\Table\Filters\TextFilter;

BooleanColumn::make('active', __('Active'))
    ->trueLabel(__('Enabled'))
    ->falseLabel(__('Disabled'));

TextFilter::make('name', __('Name'))
    ->replaceClause(ClauseType::Contains->make(__('Contains text')));
```

`nullable()` and automatic filters label their emptiness comparisons **Is not empty** and **Is empty**. To translate them, declare the filter and add both clauses yourself with `addClauses([ClauseType::IsSet->make(__('Is not empty')), ClauseType::IsNotSet->make(__('Is empty'))])`; `nullable()` adds only the ones a filter lacks.

`texts.boolean` sets the choices of Boolean filter inputs and the fallback labels for cells without server labels. Laravel’s `BooleanColumn` always supplies cell labels, so translate those with `trueLabel()` and `falseLabel()`. Likewise, `texts.clauses` is a fallback for comparisons without server labels; it does not override the labels Laravel sends.

See [React customization API](https://docs.inertiax.dev/table/reference/react/#text-overrides) for all groups and keys.