How do I filter, search, and sort translation keys?

3 min readBeginner

When your project grows to hundreds or thousands of keys, the editor toolbar helps you find exactly what you need.

Type in the search bar to find keys by:

  • Key name — e.g., searching "login" matches auth.login_title, auth.login_button
  • Source text — search by the actual translation value
  • Target text — find translations containing specific words

Search is instant and filters the visible keys in real-time.

Filter by status

Click the status filter to show only keys with a specific translation status:

Filter Shows
All Every key (default)
Draft Recently edited, not yet reviewed
Pending Submitted for review
Reviewed Checked by a reviewer
Approved Ready to publish
Missing Keys without any translation for the selected language

This is especially useful for review workflows — filter to "Pending" to see what needs your attention.

Filter by namespace

Use the Namespaces dropdown to show only keys from specific namespaces. This helps when you're working on a particular feature area (e.g., only auth or dashboard keys).

Filter by language

The Languages selector controls which target language columns appear in the editor. If your project has 10 languages but you're only working on Turkish translations today, select just Turkish to reduce visual noise.

Sorting options

Use the Sort dropdown to reorder keys:

  • Least complete — languages with the most missing translations first (great for prioritizing work)
  • Most complete — nearly-done languages first
  • A–Z — alphabetical by key name
  • Z–A — reverse alphabetical

Grouping

The Group toggle switches between:

  • Namespace — keys grouped under their namespace headers (default)
  • Flat — all keys in a single flat list

Combining filters

All filters work together. For example, you can:

  1. Search for "button"
  2. Filter to "Missing" status
  3. Filter to "common" namespace
  4. Sort by "A–Z"

This would show all missing button-related keys in the common namespace, alphabetically sorted.