Translating Magento categories in 1.9.0.1 -> Missing checkbox in store view for translation

Question

I am setting up a second language store. We use the same root category. What I do is the following: I open the store view of the second language and want to start translating.

The weirdest thing: the checkbox in store view to "Use Default Value" (and thus override defaults) is completely missing. Now I would not know how to translate ...

question: is there a setting? or soemthing I need to do to enable the translation per store view in categories again?

Or has anyone seen this before?

many thanks

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Examples

What I would expect to see

What we are currently seeing - notice the missing checkbox

Answer 1

The form elements should be displayed using this template app/design/adminhtml/default/default/template/catalog/form/renderer/fieldset/element.phtml (unless you changed that, but I doubt you did).
There is an if statement for displaying the checkbox.

<?php if ($this->canDisplayUseDefault()): ?>
<td class="value use-default">
    <input <?php if($_element->getReadonly()):?> disabled="disabled"<?php endif; ?> type="checkbox" name="use_default[]" id="<?php echo $_element->getHtmlId() ?>_default"<?php if ($this->usedDefault()): ?> checked="checked"<?php endif; ?> onclick="toggleValueElements(this, this.parentNode.parentNode)" value="<?php echo $this->getAttributeCode() ?>"/>
    <label for="<?php echo $_element->getHtmlId() ?>_default" class="normal"><?php echo $this->__('Use Default Value') ?></label>
</td>
<?php endif; ?>

So my guess is that $this->canDisplayUseDefault() returns false for some reason.
The method is defined in Mage_Adminhtml_Block_Catalog_Form_Renderer_Fieldset_Element

public function canDisplayUseDefault()
{
    if ($attribute = $this->getAttribute()) {
        if (!$attribute->isScopeGlobal()
            && $this->getDataObject()
            && $this->getDataObject()->getId()
            && $this->getDataObject()->getStoreId()) {
            return true;
        }
    }
    return false;
}

Start debugging here to see what's wrong.

Solution (provided by OP based on the indications from the answer): Using the above you can discover a Module or Extension that is causing problems. In this case disabling "https://github.com/mage-eag/mage-enhanced-admin-grids" solved the issue.

Answer 2

If I understood your problem correctly, please follow the below mentioned procedure and you'll be good to go with your translation!

• Go to System -> Configuration -> General -> Locale Options
• Change configuration scope to your New Store
• Then select the language you want to assign at Locale Options -> Locale
• Now, Clear cache and check in front-end