Constellation - Overriding “Go” Button Label Text for Assignments in Case view

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Hello,

Assignments within a case in Pega 24.1 Constellation display a default “Go” button. Is there a supported way to override or configure this label so that it shows “Open” (or any other preferred text) instead?

We are specifically looking for a supported way to override or control the button label text, similar to how Field Values were used in the traditional UI to manage and personalize labels.

Any inputs will help @Kamil_Janeczek @MarcCheong .

Thanks

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AFAIK, In Pega 24.1 Constellation, there is NO supported OOTB configuration to override the default “Go” label on assignment buttons.

@Kamil_Janeczek @MarcCheong - thoughts?

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I am no aware of anyway to configure this. Potentially localization, but that I am not a fan of this for overriding OOTB labels just for English.

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If we are talking about the “open assignments” widget, then in '25 at least, it is not an authorable view in the UI. There are changes coming to this space in '26, I just haven’t seen anything on the GO button itself.

When I know more on the release, i’ll post back here.

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Thanks Marc for the update.

Sharing thoughts to bring something similar like Field Value capability in the Constellation design system. This would allow labels/text to be overridden at runtime without requiring a save-as or modification of underlying rules.

In the traditional design system, this approach enabled business-specific terminology while keeping the core rulebase untouched. Bringing a similar runtime-driven mechanism to Constellation would provide the same flexibility and remain upgrade-safe, as it avoids altering or cloning core rules.

@MarcCheong @Kamil_Janeczek

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Traditional UI wasn’t a perfect solution either - field labels wouldn’t apply correctly - then combine it with Localization and even circumstancing it became very complex very quickly.

However, I understand your point, at the very least this should be configurable. I have raised Feedback for the go button specifically (FDBK-144204) and also about Field Values in general (FDBK-144203)

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Posting the workaround solution we did:

Constellation provides a CSS file (pyC11nCustomFonts) to add custom fonts to the theme, we leveraged this file to override the button text by identifying the button element using data-testid.

button[data-testid=":assignment:action"] {
   color: transparent;   /* hide original text only */
   position: relative;
}

button[data-testid=":assignment:action"] :: after {
   content: "Edit";
   position: absolute;
   left: 50%;
   transform: translateX(-50%);
}

Since this particular view is currently not authorable, we opted for this CSS-based approach as a workaround solution to replace label “Go” → “Edit” without modifying underlying rules.

While this works, it is purely a UI-level workaround and not ideal long-term. A runtime label override capability (similar to Field Values in traditional UI) would be a much cleaner and upgrade-safe solution.

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@MarcCheong @Kamil_Janeczek

Thanks

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Not the ideal solution but yes, in the absence of configuration, this is one way to achieve it.

Finishing the loop on our thread, I can not see Infinity '26 providing configuration for this. You can change layouts etc, but nothing to configure the physical text.

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Cleaner way of doing this using Localization.

  1. Create a new Localization Bundle.

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  2. Configure this bundle in the Application Definition under the Localization section.

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  3. Save the application and relaunch the portal to see the changes reflected.
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  4. Fields that are not explicitly defined in this file will be picked from the default application-level bundle at runtime.

@MarcCheong @Kamil_Janeczek

Thanks

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thanks for sharing. Yes, much cleaner!