Changing Label of Abstract Submission Form

obunga · June 24, 2025, 8:34pm

Which file do I need to edit in order to change the label Contribution type to Presentation type in the Submit new abstract form that pops up?

ThiefMaster · June 24, 2025, 8:38pm

While you could do that, such changes would go away with every update (and no, not updating to new Indico releases is NOT an option).

In the abstract submission form the string is here:

github.com/indico/indico

indico/modules/events/abstracts/forms.py

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                  ('merge', _('Merge')),
                  ('withdrawn', _('Withdrawn'))
              ], description=_('The default template that will be used as a basis for this notification. '
                               'You can customize it later.'))
          
          
          class AbstractForm(IndicoForm):
              title = StringField(_('Title'), [DataRequired()])
              description = IndicoMarkdownField(_('Content'), editor=True, mathjax=True)
              person_links = AbstractPersonLinkListField(_('Authors'))
              submitted_contrib_type = QuerySelectField(_('Contribution type'), get_label='name', allow_blank=True,
                                                        blank_text=_('No type selected'))
              submission_comment = TextAreaField(_('Comments'))
              attachments = EditableFileField(_('Attachments'), multiple_files=True, lightweight=True)
          
              def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
                  self.event = kwargs.pop('event')
                  self.abstract = kwargs.pop('abstract', None)
                  is_invited = kwargs.pop('invited', False)
                  management = kwargs.pop('management', False)
                  description_settings = abstracts_settings.get(self.event, 'description_settings')

But again, I strongly recommend against this.

obunga · June 24, 2025, 8:43pm

Many thanks for the swift response. I shall advice the client to just use the current label as it is.