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@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+---
+'@object-ui/app-shell': patch
+---
+
+The translation designer's preview names each global action by its translated label (objectui#11755).
+
+`TranslationDataSchema` declares every `globalActions` entry as an action translation node (`label`, `description`, `confirmText`, and the rest), not a string. The preview treated the category as a flat string map and drew each value with `String(v)`, so every entry the spec accepts read as `NAME[object Object]`. The category's sample now shows the node's `label`, quoted as a flat string is. A node without a `label` shows its key count, as the other nested categories do.
+
+The other categories render as before. Nothing is added to the package entry: no export, prop, type member or language-pack key.
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2026 ObjectStack. Licensed under the Apache-2.0 license.
+
+/**
+ * objectui#11755 — the translation designer's preview draws a `globalActions`
+ * entry by its node's `label`.
+ *
+ * `TranslationDataSchema` declares `globalActions.NAME` as an action
+ * translation node (`label`, `description`, `confirmText`, …), not a string.
+ * The preview used to mark the category flat and draw each value with
+ * `String(v)`, so every entry the spec accepts rendered as
+ * `NAME[object Object]`. The category is now nested, and its sample shows the
+ * node's `label`, quoted as a flat string is; a node without a `label` (the key
+ * is optional) shows its inner key count, as the other nested categories do.
+ *
+ * Every fixture here is parsed by the installed spec's `TranslationDataSchema`
+ * first, so no case passes on a bundle the spec would refuse. The pins read
+ * the rendered row of the real component; the count row is read back through
+ * `tFormat` rather than restated.
+ */
+
+import * as React from 'react';
+import { describe, it, expect, afterEach } from 'vitest';
+import { render, cleanup, screen } from '@testing-library/react';
+import { TranslationDataSchema } from '@objectstack/spec/system';
+
+import { t, tFormat } from '../i18n';
+import { TranslationPreview } from './TranslationPreview';
+
+afterEach(cleanup);
+
+const LOCALE = 'en-US';
+
+/** A bundle the installed spec accepts, mounted in the real preview. */
+function mountSpecValid(data: Record<string, unknown>) {
+  const parsed = TranslationDataSchema.safeParse(data);
+  expect(parsed.success, JSON.stringify(parsed.error?.issues)).toBe(true);
+  render(<TranslationPreview type="translation" name="fr" draft={{ locale: 'fr-FR', data }} locale={LOCALE} />);
+}
+
+/** The sample row's value text for `key` inside the card headed by the category row `labelKey`. */
+function sampleValue(labelKey: string, key: string): string {
+  const heading = screen.getByText(t(labelKey, LOCALE));
+  const card = heading.closest('.rounded.border') as HTMLElement | null;
+  expect(card, `${labelKey}: the category card`).toBeTruthy();
+  const row = Array.from(card!.querySelectorAll('li')).find((li) => li.querySelector('code')?.textContent === key);
+  expect(row, `${labelKey}: a sample row for ${key}`).toBeTruthy();
+  return row!.querySelector('span')?.textContent ?? '';
+}
+
+const GLOBAL_ACTIONS = 'engine.translationPreview.category.globalActions';
+
+describe('TranslationPreview draws a globalActions node by its label (objectui#11755)', () => {
+  it('a spec-valid globalActions node renders its label, and no [object Object]', () => {
+    mountSpecValid({ globalActions: { portfolio_snapshot: { label: 'Snapshot' } } });
+    expect(sampleValue(GLOBAL_ACTIONS, 'portfolio_snapshot')).toBe('"Snapshot"');
+    expect(document.body.textContent).not.toContain('[object Object]');
+  });
+
+  it('a node with its other translated fields still renders its label', () => {
+    mountSpecValid({
+      globalActions: { portfolio_snapshot: { label: 'Snapshot', confirmText: 'Take a snapshot?', successMessage: 'Done' } },
+    });
+    expect(sampleValue(GLOBAL_ACTIONS, 'portfolio_snapshot')).toBe('"Snapshot"');
+    expect(document.body.textContent).not.toContain('[object Object]');
+  });
+
+  it('a node without a label renders its inner key count', () => {
+    mountSpecValid({ globalActions: { archive: { confirmText: 'Archive?', successMessage: 'Archived' } } });
+    expect(sampleValue(GLOBAL_ACTIONS, 'archive')).toBe(
+      tFormat('engine.translationPreview.keyCount', LOCALE, { count: 2 }),
+    );
+    expect(document.body.textContent).not.toContain('[object Object]');
+  });
+
+  it('control: the flat and the other nested categories render as before', () => {
+    mountSpecValid({
+      messages: { welcome: 'Bienvenue' },
+      objects: { account: { label: 'Compte', _actions: { close: { label: 'Fermer' } } } },
+    });
+    expect(sampleValue('engine.translationPreview.category.messages', 'welcome')).toBe('"Bienvenue"');
+    // An object node keeps its key count: only the globalActions category reads a node's label.
+    expect(sampleValue('engine.translationPreview.category.objects', 'account')).toBe(
+      tFormat('engine.translationPreview.keyCount', LOCALE, { count: 2 }),
+    );
+  });
+});
@@ -17,10 +17,13 @@
  *      a sample of up to 5 keys so the user can confirm the right
  *      bundle is loaded.
  *
- * For flat string maps (messages, validationMessages, globalActions,
- * settings) we render a small key→value sample table. For nested
- * objects (objects, apps, dashboards, metadataForms) we list the
- * top-level keys with their inner key count.
+ * For flat string maps (messages, validationMessages, settings) we
+ * render a small key→value sample table. For nested objects (objects,
+ * apps, dashboards, metadataForms) we list the top-level keys with their
+ * inner key count. globalActions is nested too: each entry is an action
+ * translation node (`TranslationDataSchema.globalActions.NAME`), so its
+ * sample shows the node's `label`, quoted as a flat string is, and the
+ * inner key count when the node carries no `label` (objectui#11755).
  */
 
 import * as React from 'react';
@@ -51,6 +54,11 @@ interface CategoryDef {
   icon: React.ComponentType<{ className?: string }>;
   /** When true, the value is { key: string } (flat). Otherwise { key: nestedObject }. */
   flat: boolean;
+  /**
+   * Nested categories only: each value is a translation node whose `label` the
+   * sample shows in place of its inner key count (objectui#11755).
+   */
+  nodeLabel?: boolean;
 }
 
 const CATEGORIES: CategoryDef[] = [
@@ -63,7 +71,13 @@ const CATEGORIES: CategoryDef[] = [
     icon: ShieldAlert,
     flat: true,
   },
-  { key: 'globalActions', label: 'engine.translationPreview.category.globalActions', icon: ClipboardList, flat: true },
+  {
+    key: 'globalActions',
+    label: 'engine.translationPreview.category.globalActions',
+    icon: ClipboardList,
+    flat: false,
+    nodeLabel: true,
+  },
   { key: 'dashboards', label: 'engine.translationPreview.category.dashboards', icon: LayoutDashboard, flat: false },
   { key: 'settings', label: 'engine.translationPreview.category.settings', icon: Settings2, flat: true },
   { key: 'metadataForms', label: 'engine.translationPreview.category.metadataForms', icon: FileText, flat: false },
@@ -173,7 +187,7 @@ function CategoryCard({
             {cat.sample.map(([k, v]) => (
               <li key={k} className="flex items-baseline gap-2 truncate">
                 <code className="font-mono text-muted-foreground shrink-0">{k}</code>
-                <span className="truncate text-foreground/80">{renderSampleValue(v, cat.flat, locale)}</span>
+                <span className="truncate text-foreground/80">{renderSampleValue(v, cat, locale)}</span>
               </li>
             ))}
             {cat.count > cat.sample.length && (
@@ -188,13 +202,20 @@ function CategoryCard({
   );
 }
 
-function renderSampleValue(v: unknown, flat: boolean, locale: string | undefined): string {
-  if (flat) {
+function renderSampleValue(
+  v: unknown,
+  cat: Pick<CategoryDef, 'flat' | 'nodeLabel'>,
+  locale: string | undefined,
+): string {
+  if (cat.flat) {
     if (typeof v === 'string') return `"${v}"`;
     if (v == null) return '∅';
     return String(v);
   }
   if (v && typeof v === 'object') {
+    // `label` is optional on a translation node, so a node without one keeps the key count.
+    const nodeLabel = (v as Dict).label;
+    if (cat.nodeLabel && typeof nodeLabel === 'string') return `"${nodeLabel}"`;
     const n = Object.keys(v as Dict).length;
     return tFormat('engine.translationPreview.keyCount', locale, { count: n });
   }