How to change case of interpolated variables in Rails locale file?

Question

Using Rails 3.1.3 with Ruby 1.9.3p0.

I\'ve discovered that by default, Rails does not use sentence case for form buttons. For example, instead of an \"Update user\" but

Answer 1

I have solved this problem by changing the I18n interpolation. Put the following code in your initializers directory:

module I18n
  # Implemented to support method call on translation keys
  INTERPOLATION_WITH_METHOD_PATTERN = Regexp.union(
    /%%/,
    /%\{(\w+)\}/,                               # matches placeholders like "%{foo}"
    /%<(\w+)>(.*?\d*\.?\d*[bBdiouxXeEfgGcps])/, # matches placeholders like "%.d"
    /%\{(\w+)\.(\w+)\}/,                          # matches placeholders like "%{foo.upcase}"
  )

  class << self
    def interpolate_hash(string, values)
      string.gsub(INTERPOLATION_WITH_METHOD_PATTERN) do |match|
        if match == '%%'
          '%'
        else
          key = ($1 || $2 || $4).to_sym
          value = values.key?(key) ? values[key] : raise(MissingInterpolationArgument.new(values, string))
          value = value.call(values) if value.respond_to?(:call)
          $3 ? sprintf("%#{$3}", value) : ( $5 ? value.send($5) : value) 
        end
      end
    end
  end
end

Now, this is what you can do in your locale file:

create: 'Opprett %{model.downcase}'

and test it:

require 'test_helper'

class I18nTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase

  should 'interpolate as usual' do
    assert_equal 'Show Customer', I18n.interpolate("Show %{model}", model: 'Customer')
  end

  should 'interpolate with number formatting' do
    assert_equal 'Show many 100', I18n.interpolate("Show many %2d", kr: 100)
    assert_equal 'Show many abc', I18n.interpolate("Show many %3.3s", str: 'abcde')
  end

  should 'support method execution' do
    assert_equal 'Show customer', I18n.interpolate("Show %{model.downcase}", model: 'Customer')
  end

end