The shortcut doesn't work and "Editor > RemafoX > Add translation" is disabled

[Jeehut]

Something went wrong during translating a key and now I can no longer start the Add Translation process, neither with the shortcut, nor with the "Editor > RemafoX > Add Translation (at cursor position)" menu entry:

Why is this happening and what can I do?

[Jeehut]

Why is this happening?

Unfortunately, the so-called Xcode Source Editor Extensions support was not really improved much after their initial release with Xcode 8. Therefore, there are some confusing situations that can arise, this being one of them (here's another).

In general, when the source editor extension button is disabled, this means that the process of adding a translation was started before but never successfully completed or properly cancelled. So, in order to prevent this from happening, make sure to always either press "Cancel" or one of the "Insert" buttons in the Add Translation window, don't quit the RemafoX app yourself.

What can I do?

If you do run into this issue, there are two options you have:

1. If you can see a The command "Add translation (at cursor position)" is still busy. hint at the top in Xcode, it can help to:
   1. Start the Add Translation window manually using the RemafoX menu "Window > Show Add Translation"
   2. Press "Cancel" (or alternatively fill the form and press "Insert") to communicate things back to Xcode
2. Otherwise, restarting Xcode will always reset the state of all Source Editor extensions to be enabled again