Finding the applicable liquid file for a given page

[pmiller66]

Here's my method for finding the liquid file that produces something on a page.
In this example, I want to find the liquid file that produces "Including ... in taxes"
on the customer order status page.

1. search the locale/en*.json files for the string "Including".

2. get the locale translation key associated with "Including..."

3. search the liquid files for the translation key; that search should lead
me to the applicable liquid file.

This for the Dawn theme. Problem is: step 1 fails. How can there be an
English language word generated on a page yet the word does not appear in the
en*.json files? And, BTW, the word doesn't appear in any liquid file.

And please comment on techniques to find an applicable liquid file.

[suyash1]

@pmiller66 - did you check default theme content? you can find text in there as well 

store admin > Online Store > Themes > in the current theme, click "..." > Edit default theme content

[pmiller66]

Thanks. I did not know about that. I naively assumed that having done

"Download theme file" that I had the entirety of the theme. 

The "default theme content" has valuable info, including the taxes_included key 

(with value "Including {{ amount }} in taxes") that I was looking for in my quest to find the 

liquid file that generated:

        Including $0.00 in taxes.

Now I search the liquid files for something like 

'taxes_included' | t: amount: ...

and no matches. So the mystery continues. It's tempting to conclude that

the liquid files I'm searching (from the theme download) are not the ones in play.

[suyash1]

@pmiller66 - can you accept me as collaborator of your site? I can check it, I will need website link and collab code, you can DM collab code and link

[pmiller66]

Thanks for the reply.  My particular scenario is an example, one we hope to fix ourselves. The real issue is "how does one find the liquid or json file that generates some text on a front-end page"?  

[pmiller66 · Accepted solution]

The technique described in the original post is valid.  My Shopify plan doesn't allow changes to certain areas and the order status is one area prohibited;  certain liquid files are not accessible.  Example where the technique works:  in the product page quick order list, there's a heading "PRODUCT SUBTOTAL".  In locales/en.default.json, you find the localization key 'product_total' for that heading. Search the liquid files for that key and it leads you to snippets/quick-order-list.liquid.  

[pmiller66]

For the record, now that I'm deep into liquid, the obvious way to find
the associated liquid file is: Online Store => Themes => Customize => select
template under "Home page" => right click something => Edit code. That
takes you to the governing liquid file.