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What is the way to use localized labels from Custom Labels or from field config inside lightning components?

In VF it was possible like:

  • $ObjectType[sObjectName].fields[fieldName].Type
  • $Labels.Custom_Label
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This feature has now been added as of Summer '15

https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.lightning.meta/lightning/labels_value_provider_platform.htm

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  • Still not available for $ObjectType, though... best bet is going to be to retrieve it from an Apex controller method using DescribeSObjectResult or DescribeFieldResult
    – MayTheSForceBeWithYou
    Oct 17, 2016 at 19:55
  • See official documentation here: Using Custom Labels
    – Brian Miller
    Jan 31, 2019 at 10:12
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In Lightning Components, these are called global value providers. Currently there are only a few, including $Locale, and $Browser.

Some of the very useful global variables that exist in Visualforce such as the two you state and others like $User, $Profile, and others have not yet been implemented in Lightning Component Framework.

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  • Hi Peter, is there a list of what is actually there and what is missing compared to Visualforce?
    – Uwe Heim
    Nov 2, 2015 at 15:37
  • I've not seen a public doc.
    – pchittum
    Nov 2, 2015 at 22:21
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I have the same requirement, what I did mayn't be the optimum solution; but it does suffice my requirement.

I had created a CustomLabel csv file and uploaded as a Static Resource.

Hope this will help you too.

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