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  • Improving drastically the speed of adding new entries in the TD

    • Idea Delivered Partially
    • 11 Comments
    Currently if the TermViewer window is not attached, adding a term takes up to 10-15 secondes for opening the window, refreshing the list twice and then displaying the term (when using the "fast shortcut Shift-Ctrl-2") - absolutely unbearable (on a iCore...
  • Skip selected rows in Excel filetype

    • Under Community Review
    • 0 Comments
    It would be quite handy to have a "Skip selected rows" feature in the Excel filetype, and not only "Skip selected columns" as we have here:
  • Enable setting deadlines at the individual file level

    • Under Community Review
    • 2 Comments
    Clients often send packages with multiple files, each with a different deadline. Currently, we can only set deadlines at the project level. It would be very useful to be able to enter deadlines at the file level as well.
  • Save custom windows layouts

    • Under Community Review
    • 5 Comments
    As more and more functionality is added to Trados Studio, we need to have more and more views in the correct place. Please add the functionality to save custom window layouts in addition to the default layout. (Such as RegexBuddy or EditPad Pro allow...
  • Termbase lookup : only display a source term when I click on it

    • Under Community Review
    • 22 Comments
    Dear Trados Studio developers, Regarding term recognition in the editor, there used to be a great feature in the Workbench (yes, that was a long time ago!): you could simply click on the red line above a term and the termbase recognition panel would instantly...
  • Searched word/phrase highlighting

    • Under Community Review
    • 0 Comments
    It would be helpful if searched words/phrases and filtered keywords in all the relevant segments are highlighted, since we can spot the words/phrases all at once and it can save pressing of "search next" several times. In addition, regarding Wordlight...
  • Run batch tasks on multiple projects

    • Under Community Review
    • 3 Comments
    It is currently not possible to run batch tasks on multiple projects in Trados Studio. Having this implemented would speed up processes like pre-translating and analyzing project files as well as creating and re-importing bilingual review files, amongst...
  • Get rid of additional Autosave Progress bar window

    • Under Community Review
    • 0 Comments
    Further to yesterday's post (see https://community.rws.com/product-groups/trados-portfolio/trados-studio/f/general/45447/autosave-progress-bar-window-steals-focus/147078 ) I would propose disabling the "Please Wait" popup window which appears on every...
  • Is there any future plans on a dark mode?

    • Idea Delivered Partially
    • 3 Comments
    Found this has been discussed a few years ago, then it's a pebble dropped in the sea. Wondering is it still on the way? Would absolutely help ease the eyes. Thanks!
  • [Termbase] Add Background Color for the Terms having System Status: Preferred (Green) and System Status: Forbidden (Red)

    • Under Community Review
    • 1 Comment
    I noticed that in the term recognition windows in the Online Editor, terms having the Status: Preferred are marked with a green block background color, and, terms having the Status: Forbidden are marked with a red block background color. This makes it...