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Description
When working in the Windows Forms designer, it can be difficult to diagnose issues with resource localization — especially when the output silently falls back to the resource key. To improve the debugging experience, particularly at design time, this issue proposes adding an optional debugOutput parameter to all localization-related attributes.
This would allow developers to temporarily enable rich, diagnostic fallback strings (e.g., [[ResourcePath::ResourceKey]]) when a resource lookup fails.
Goals
Add a debugOutput (or showDiagnostics) parameter to:
- LocalizedEnumTextAttribute
- LocalizedDisplayNameAttribute
- LocalizedDescriptionAttribute
- LocalizedCategoryAttribute
When debugOutput == true and the localized value is missing, display something like:
[[Namespace.Resources::DisplayName_MyEnum]]
- Ensure fallback string works in both design-time (PropertyGrid) and runtime
- Avoid use of global flags (Support.EnableResourceDebugInfo) to ensure design-time compatibility
- Ensure behavior is opt-in and can be removed after debugging
Benefits
-✅ Simplifies debugging of missing or misnamed resources
-✅ Works inside the Visual Studio designer
-✅ Doesn't require changes to runtime behavior or environment
-✅ Easy to enable/disable by modifying the attribute