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Hello guys,

I’m trying to change the labels in a few different areas, specifically the Member’s Directory placeholder text and the Compose a Message label “Send @Username” under Profile>Messages, but I’m finding that there isn’t really an easy way to do this in Nouveau. I’m also having a tough time figuring out where to change the template. I tried this post (making the .POT file). https://codex.buddypress.org/getting-started/customizing/customizing-labels-messages-and-urls/

But the text isn’t within the language file, it only contains the text from the legacy theme.

I’ve gotten the membership placeholder text to be changed by writing a custom js file, but trying the same thing for the “Send @Username” label does not always work correctly.
Here is my current code:

$(document).ready(function(){
    if($('#dir-members-search')){
    $('#dir-members-search').attr('placeholder','Search members by name, discipline, position, etc....');
    }
    //currently doesn't work. Change Compose Label for Who to send to.
    $("#send_message_form label[for='send-to-input']").text('Send to User by Username (starting with @)');
});

I’d much rather not have to change the text after document.ready because it loads and the user can see the original text for a bit before the text changes.
When the user clicks away from “Compose” and back to it, the text doesn’t always show my replacement text.