Fixed localization bug (thanks Dustin), validated all working with Text page resource keys

src/modules/keyboardmanager/KeyboardManagerEditorUI/App.xaml.cs

@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ namespace KeyboardManagerEditorUI
         /// </summary>
         public App()
         {
+            global::System.Diagnostics.Debugger.Break();
             this.InitializeComponent();
 
             Task.Run(() =>

src/modules/keyboardmanager/KeyboardManagerEditorUI/Helpers/ResourceLoaderInstance.cs

@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ namespace KeyboardManagerEditorUI.Helpers
 
         static ResourceLoaderInstance()
         {
-            ResourceLoader = new ResourceLoader("resources.pri");
+            ResourceLoader = new ResourceLoader("PowerToys.KeyboardManagerEditorUI.pri");
         }
 
-        internal static string GetString(string resourceId) => ResourceLoader.GetString(resourceId);
+        internal static string GetString(string resourceId) => Microsoft.Windows.ApplicationModel.Resources.ResourceLoader.GetDefaultResourceFilePath(); // ResourceLoader.GetString(resourceId);
     }
 }

src/modules/keyboardmanager/KeyboardManagerEditorUI/KeyboardManagerEditorUI.csproj

@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
     <AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>false</AppendRuntimeIdentifierToOutputPath>
     <AssemblyName>PowerToys.KeyboardManagerEditorUI</AssemblyName>
     <OutputPath>..\..\..\..\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\WinUI3Apps\$(MSBuildProjectName)</OutputPath>
+    <!-- MRT from windows app sdk will search for a pri file with the same name of the module before defaulting to resources.pri -->
+    <ProjectPriFileName>PowerToys.KeyboardManagerEditorUI.pri</ProjectPriFileName>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup>

src/modules/keyboardmanager/KeyboardManagerEditorUI/Pages/Text.xaml

@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
     <Grid Padding="16">
         <StackPanel Orientation="Vertical" Spacing="12">
             <TextBlock
+                x:Uid="TextPageInstructionTextBlock"
                 Foreground="{ThemeResource TextFillColorSecondaryBrush}"
-                Text="{x:Bind helper:ResourceLoaderInstance.GetString('TextPage_Instruction')}"
                 TextWrapping="Wrap" />
             <Button
                 x:Name="NewShortcutBtn"
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@
                         FontSize="14"
                         Foreground="{ThemeResource AccentTextFillColorPrimaryBrush}"
                         Glyph="&#xE109;" />
-                    <TextBlock VerticalAlignment="Center" Text="{x:Bind helper:ResourceLoaderInstance.GetString('TextPage_NewText')}" />
+                    <TextBlock
+                        x:Uid="TextPageNewTextBlock"
+                        VerticalAlignment="Center" />
                 </StackPanel>
             </Button>
             <Grid
@@ -47,34 +49,33 @@
                     <ColumnDefinition Width="84" />
                 </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
                 <TextBlock
+                    x:Uid="TextPageOriginalKeysTextBlock"
                     Grid.Column="0"
                     Margin="16,-2,0,0"
                     VerticalAlignment="Center"
-                    Foreground="{ThemeResource TextFillColorSecondaryBrush}"
-                    Text="{x:Bind helper:ResourceLoaderInstance.GetString('TextPage_OriginalKeys')}" />
+                    Foreground="{ThemeResource TextFillColorSecondaryBrush}" />
                 <AppBarSeparator
                     Grid.Column="1"
                     Margin="-6,4,0,4"
                     HorizontalAlignment="Left" />
                 <TextBlock
+                    x:Uid="TextPageTextTextBlock"
                     Grid.Column="1"
                     Margin="12,-2,0,0"
                     HorizontalAlignment="Left"
                     VerticalAlignment="Center"
-                    Foreground="{ThemeResource TextFillColorSecondaryBrush}"
-                    Text="{x:Bind helper:ResourceLoaderInstance.GetString('TextPage_Text')}" />
+                    Foreground="{ThemeResource TextFillColorSecondaryBrush}" />
                 <AppBarSeparator
                     Grid.Column="2"
                     Margin="-6,4,0,4"
                     HorizontalAlignment="Left" />
                 <TextBlock
+                    x:Uid="TextPageApplicableAppsTextBlock"
                     Grid.Column="2"
                     Margin="12,-2,0,0"
                     HorizontalAlignment="Left"
                     VerticalAlignment="Center"
-                    Foreground="{ThemeResource TextFillColorSecondaryBrush}"
-                    Text="{x:Bind helper:ResourceLoaderInstance.GetString('TextPage_ApplicableApps')}" />
-
+                    Foreground="{ThemeResource TextFillColorSecondaryBrush}" />
                 <Rectangle
                     Grid.Row="0"
                     Grid.ColumnSpan="4"
@@ -155,6 +156,7 @@
 
                                 <!--  Delete button  -->
                                 <Button
+                                    x:Uid="TextPageDeleteButton"
                                     Grid.Column="3"
                                     Margin="0,0,4,0"
                                     Padding="8,4"
@@ -163,8 +165,7 @@
                                     AutomationProperties.Name="Delete remapping"
                                     Background="Transparent"
                                     BorderThickness="0"
-                                    Click="DeleteButton_Click"
-                                    ToolTipService.ToolTip="{x:Bind helper:ResourceLoaderInstance.GetString('TextPage_DeleteTip')}">
+                                    Click="DeleteButton_Click">
                                     <FontIcon
                                         FontFamily="{StaticResource SymbolThemeFontFamily}"
                                         FontSize="16"
@@ -180,15 +181,13 @@
 
         <ContentDialog
             x:Name="KeyDialog"
-            Title="{x:Bind helper:ResourceLoaderInstance.GetString('TextPage_KeyDialogTitle')}"
+            x:Uid="TextPageKeyDialog"
             Width="480"
             Height="360"
             MinWidth="600"
             MaxWidth="600"
             PrimaryButtonClick="KeyDialog_PrimaryButtonClick"
-            PrimaryButtonStyle="{StaticResource AccentButtonStyle}"
-            PrimaryButtonText="{x:Bind helper:ResourceLoaderInstance.GetString('TextPage_KeyDialogPrimary')}"
-            SecondaryButtonText="{x:Bind helper:ResourceLoaderInstance.GetString('TextPage_KeyDialogSecondary')}">
+            PrimaryButtonStyle="{StaticResource AccentButtonStyle}">
             <Grid>
                 <controls:TextPageInputControl x:Name="TextInputControl" />
             </Grid>
@@ -196,7 +195,7 @@
 
         <TeachingTip
             x:Name="ValidationTip"
-            CloseButtonContent="{x:Bind helper:ResourceLoaderInstance.GetString('TextPage_ValidationTipClose')}"
+            x:Uid="TextPageValidationTip"
             IsLightDismissEnabled="True"
             PreferredPlacement="Center">
             <TeachingTip.IconSource>

src/modules/keyboardmanager/KeyboardManagerEditorUI/Strings/en-US/Resources.resw

@@ -156,34 +156,31 @@
   <data name="RemappingsPage_NewKeys" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>New key(s)</value>
   </data>
-  <data name="TextPage_Instruction" xml:space="preserve">
+  <data name="TextPageInstructionTextBlock.Text" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Text shortcuts allow you to insert text in any input field when you use the configured keyboard shortcut</value>
   </data>
-  <data name="TextPage_NewText" xml:space="preserve">
+  <data name="TextPageNewTextBlock.Text" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>New</value>
   </data>
-  <data name="TextPage_OriginalKeys" xml:space="preserve">
+  <data name="TextPageOriginalKeysTextBlock.Text" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Original key(s)</value>
   </data>
-  <data name="TextPage_ApplicableApps" xml:space="preserve">
+  <data name="TextPageApplicableAppsTextBlock.Text" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Applicable apps</value>
   </data>
-  <data name="TextPage_Text" xml:space="preserve">
+  <data name="TextPageTextTextBlock.Text" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Text</value>
   </data>
-  <data name="TextPage_DeleteTip" xml:space="preserve">
-    <value>Delete</value>
-  </data>
-  <data name="TextPage_KeyDialogTitle" xml:space="preserve">
+  <data name="TextPageKeyDialog.Title" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Text shortcut</value>
   </data>
-  <data name="TextPage_KeyDialogPrimary" xml:space="preserve">
+  <data name="TextPageKeyDialog.PrimaryButtonText" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Save</value>
   </data>
-  <data name="TextPage_KeyDialogSecondary" xml:space="preserve">
+  <data name="TextPageKeyDialog.SecondaryButtonText" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Cancel</value>
   </data>
-  <data name="TextPage_ValidationTipClose" xml:space="preserve">
+  <data name="TextPageValidationTip.CloseButtonContent" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>OK</value>
   </data>
   <data name="ProgramsPage_Instruction" xml:space="preserve">
@@ -306,4 +303,7 @@
   <data name="TextPageInputControl_TextContentBoxHeader" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>Text to insert</value>
   </data>
+  <data name="TextPageDeleteButton.ToolTipSevice.ToolTip" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Delete</value>
+  </data>
 </root>

src/settings-ui/Settings.UI/ViewModels/KeyboardManagerViewModel.cs

@@ -292,8 +292,12 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.ViewModels
                 string path = Path.Combine(Environment.CurrentDirectory, editorPath);
                 Logger.LogInfo($"Starting {PowerToyName} editor from {path}");
 
-                // InvariantCulture: type represents the KeyboardManagerEditorType enum value
-                editor = Process.Start(path, $"{type.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)} {Environment.ProcessId}");
+                // InvariantCulture: type represents the KeyboardManagerEditorType enum va
+                ProcessStartInfo startInfo = new ProcessStartInfo(path);
+                startInfo.UseShellExecute = true; // LOAD BEARING
+                startInfo.Arguments = $"{type.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)} {Environment.ProcessId}";
+                System.Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable("MICROSOFT_WINDOWSAPPRUNTIME_BASE_DIRECTORY", null);
+                editor = Process.Start(startInfo);
             }
             catch (Exception e)
             {