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How to Localize a Custom SharePoint Online Search Vertical
Question details
The user is looking for a way to translate or localize a custom search vertical label for users in a multilingual Microsoft 365 environment.
- Product
- SharePoint Online
- Device & OS
- not provided
- Scenario
- Managing a Microsoft 365 tenant that supports multiple languages (e.g., English and French) and needing the custom search tabs to reflect the user's preferred language.
- Observed behavior
- SharePoint Online does not provide a native built-in feature in the UI to easily translate custom search vertical labels across different languages.
Verify that your Microsoft 365 tenant has multilingual features enabled and ensure you have SharePoint Administrator privileges before attempting advanced customizations.
Consult Microsoft Q&A for Custom SPFx Workarounds
Since there is no built-in native toggle for translating custom search verticals, consulting developers for a custom SharePoint Framework (SPFx) solution is currently the best path.
Currently, built-in features for localizing custom search vertical tabs are limited or non-existent in the standard SharePoint UI. Developers often have to rely on custom SharePoint Framework (SPFx) search extensions to intercept and translate labels.
Open your web browser and go to the official Microsoft Q&A platform (learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers).
Filter the discussion topics using the 'SharePoint Online' and 'SharePoint Development' tags to find similar customization queries.
Detail your tenant's language settings (e.g., English and French) and ask the community for the latest SPFx workarounds or Microsoft Graph API methods for rendering localized custom search verticals.
Utilize Out-of-the-Box Default Search Verticals
Default search verticals provided by Microsoft are automatically localized based on the user's language settings.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Does SharePoint Online natively translate custom search verticals?
No. Currently, SharePoint Online does not offer a native user interface option to automatically translate or localize custom search vertical labels. The labels typically remain in the primary language they were created in.
Why do my default search verticals change languages but custom ones do not?
Microsoft has built-in localization for its default system verticals (such as Files, People, and Sites) which tie directly into the user's Microsoft 365 display language preferences. Custom verticals are treated as static user-generated text and lack this automatic mapping.
Can I use PnP PowerShell to localize my custom SharePoint search tabs?
While PnP PowerShell can be used to manage search settings, schemas, and vertical configurations, fully localizing custom vertical labels for multilingual end-users often requires deploying custom SharePoint Framework (SPFx) solutions to intercept and replace the text on the front end.
