Workflows

Workflows run a sequence of capabilities as one task. Float Translate includes system workflows for common tasks, and you can customize them or create your own.

Choose where to start

Starting point	Use it when	What happens
System workflow	Float Translate already provides the task you need	Use it as provided or customize it. You can restore its default version, but you cannot delete it.
Template	A provided example is close to the task you need	Create a separate custom workflow from the template, then change its steps and settings. The template itself does not run.
Blank workflow	You need a different sequence	Decide how the task starts and add each compatible step yourself.

Use or customize a system workflow

Common tasks such as Input Field Translation, Clipboard Translation, Screenshot Translation, and Screenshot OCR already appear under System workflows.

Open Settings → Workflows.
Find the task under System workflows.
Make sure the services and capabilities used by its steps are available.
Use the existing workflow, or open it to change its capabilities, parameters, steps, or shortcut.
If your changes no longer work for you, choose Restore default.

Restoring a system workflow removes your changes but keeps the workflow and any shortcuts or compatible entry points already assigned to it.

Create a custom workflow

Choose New workflow.
Start from a template when one is close to your task, or choose Blank workflow.
Add an input source when the workflow needs existing text or invocation context. A task that captures its own input can start with that capture capability instead.
Add the capability that performs the first task.
Add later capabilities in the order they should run. Each step must accept the previous step’s output.
Save the workflow.
Bind it to a shortcut or place it in a compatible entry point.

A workflow can combine steps such as OCR, translation, copying, pasting, text processing, and extension capabilities. These are examples rather than a complete list; the available choices depend on your configured services and on whether the steps can exchange compatible data.

How data moves through a workflow

Each step receives the current value and passes its output to the next step. For example, an OCR step can produce text for a translation step, and an extension capability can receive the translation result afterward.

If a workflow does not run

If a step is unavailable, open its service and check that the capability is enabled and configured.
If no compatible next step appears, check what the previous step outputs and what the next capability accepts.
If a system workflow stopped working after you edited it, restore its default version.
If a custom workflow fails, check its input source and then inspect the steps in order to find the first unavailable or incompatible step.