How to Use the Issues Panel

Press ⌘J to open one panel listing every validation problem across the project — click to jump, fix per row, or sweep all with AI.

The Issues Panel is the project-wide view of every validation problem StringLane has detected. Press ⌘J (or Ctrl+J on Windows/Linux) to open it — once a project has any issues, it auto-opens on first load too.

Issues Panel docked to the right rail showing a mix of Missing, Param, and ICU issues

What you see

One row per (locale, key) issue:

Severity dot — red for errors, amber for warnings.
Title — short summary ("Missing translation", "Placeholder mismatch", "Guarded word", "Malformed placeholder", "ICU parse error").
Locale · key — quick context for which file and which key the row belongs to.
Per-row action — ✨ Auto-translate, Fix param, Fix syntax, or Fix with AI depending on the issue type.

The panel header shows a total count badge (Issues · N); the footer shows Fix all with AI when there's at least one AI-addressable row.

What you can do

Action	How
Jump the editor to that key	Click the row
Auto-translate a Missing or Same-as-source row	Click ✨ Auto-translate on the row
Fix a placeholder mismatch in place	Click Fix param
Fix a malformed `{placeholder}` in place	Click Fix syntax
Fix an ICU parse error or missing plural category	Click Fix with AI
Sweep every AI-addressable issue	Click footer Fix all with AI
Toggle the panel	⌘J
Switch dock between right rail and bottom drawer	Command Palette → "Toggle Issues panel orientation"

Fix-with-AI: what it does and doesn't change

Fix-with-AI is structural: the AI corrects the broken syntax (an unclosed brace, a missing other plural category, a renamed {name} placeholder) and preserves the rest of your translation. It does not retranslate. If a slot is genuinely empty, use ✨ Auto-translate instead — that's what fills missing translations.

The bulk Fix all with AI button at the footer applies the same logic across every affected row in one pass. Like the Command Palette's "Translate all missing", it batches per locale and per issue class for speed; failures on one bucket don't stop the others.

Right rail vs bottom drawer

Pick the orientation that fits your screen:

Right rail (default, 280px wide) — best on wide monitors. Drag the divider to resize.
Bottom drawer (220px tall) — best on narrow laptops; gives the detail pane more horizontal space. Drag the top edge to resize.

Toggle from the Command Palette: type panel orientation and pick "Toggle Issues panel orientation". State persists per project.

Tips

The panel defaults open only when the project actually has issues, so clean projects don't see empty chrome.
The status-bar error and warning chips ("3 errors", "5 warnings") toggle the panel on click.
The sidebar's Issues only filter narrows the key list by keys that have any issue. The Issues Panel lists each individual (locale, issue) row — use whichever fits the task.
The ⌘J shortcut is rebindable under Customize keybindings.