how to replace the dashboard button desc to chinese?

[xieyanknockout]

i replaced the dashboad/opts/config/center/desc to chinese then it shown

if i change the chinese word to english,it works normally.
my config like this :
.config/nvim/lua/plugins/dashboard.lua

local alpha_config = {
	"goolord/alpha-nvim",
	opts = function()
		local dashboard = require("alpha.themes.dashboard")
		local logo = [[                    
██   ██ ██ ███████ ██    ██  █████  ███    ██ 
 ██ ██  ██ ██       ██  ██  ██   ██ ████   ██ 
  ███   ██ █████     ████   ███████ ██ ██  ██ 
 ██ ██  ██ ██         ██    ██   ██ ██  ██ ██ 
██   ██ ██ ███████    ██    ██   ██ ██   ████ 
  ]]
		dashboard.section.buttons.val = {
			dashboard.button("f", " " .. " 查找文件", ":Telescope find_files <CR>"),
			dashboard.button("n", " " .. " 新建文件", ":ene <BAR> startinsert <CR>"),
			dashboard.button("r", " " .. " 最近文件", ":Telescope oldfiles <CR>"),
			dashboard.button("g", " " .. " 查找文本", ":Telescope live_grep <CR>"),
			dashboard.button("c", " " .. " 配    置", ":e $MYVIMRC <CR>"),
			dashboard.button("s", " " .. " 恢复上次", [[:lua require("persistence").load() <cr>]]),
			dashboard.button("l", "󰒲 " .. " Lazy管理", ":Lazy<CR>"),
			dashboard.button("q", " " .. " 离    开", ":qa<CR>"),
		}
		for _, button in ipairs(dashboard.section.buttons.val) do
			button.opts.hl = "Number"
			button.opts.hl_shortcut = "Number"
		end
		dashboard.section.footer.opts.hl = "Type"
		dashboard.section.header.opts.hl = "Keyword"
		dashboard.section.buttons.opts.hl = "Text"
		dashboard.opts.layout[1].val = 8
		dashboard.section.header.val = vim.split(logo, "\n")
		return dashboard
	end,
}

local dashboard_config = {
	"nvimdev/dashboard-nvim",

	opts = function()
		local logo = [[                    
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 ██ ██  ██ ██       ██  ██  ██   ██ ████   ██ 
  ███   ██ █████     ████   ███████ ██ ██  ██ 
 ██ ██  ██ ██         ██    ██   ██ ██  ██ ██ 
██   ██ ██ ███████    ██    ██   ██ ██   ████ 
  ]]
		logo = string.rep("\n", 8) .. logo .. "\n\n"
		local Util = require("lazyvim.util")
		local opts = {
			theme = "doom",
			hide = {
				-- this is taken care of by lualine
				-- enabling this messes up the actual laststatus setting after loading a file
				statusline = false,
			},
			config = {
				header = vim.split(logo, "\n"),
				center = {
					{
						action = "Telescope find_files",
						desc = " 查找文件",
						icon = " ",
						key = "f",
					},
					{
						action = "ene | startinsert",
						desc = " New file",
						icon = " ",
						key = "n",
					},
					{
						action = "Telescope oldfiles",
						desc = " Recent files",
						icon = " ",
						key = "r",
					},
					{
						action = "Telescope live_grep",
						desc = " Find text",
						icon = " ",
						key = "g",
					},
					{
						action = Util.telescope.config_files(),
						desc = " Config",
						icon = " ",
						key = "c",
					},
					{
						action = 'lua require("persistence").load()',
						desc = " Restore Session",
						icon = " ",
						key = "s",
					},
					{
						action = "LazyExtras",
						desc = " Lazy Extras",
						icon = " ",
						key = "x",
					},
					{
						action = "Lazy",
						desc = " Lazy",
						icon = "󰒲 ",
						key = "l",
					},
					{
						action = "qa",
						desc = " Quit",
						icon = " ",
						key = "q",
					},
				},
				footer = function()
					local stats = require("lazy").stats()
					local ms = (math.floor(stats.startuptime * 100 + 0.5) / 100)
					return {
						"⚡ Neovim 载入插件 " .. stats.loaded .. "/" .. stats.count .. " 用时 " .. ms .. "ms",
					}

[xieyanknockout]

I judged that this problem was caused by the problem in lua language when taking the length of a string, because Chinese is a variable-length character, which led to incorrect judgment and may need to be solved in the dashboard plug-in.

[dlintw]

I use Linux, it works. here is my test ~/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/dashboard.lua.

I guess your problem is the wrong format of plugin file.(missing return, plugin name, and end brace) and it is better separate the two plugins content into two files.

What I do is copy & paste the content of LazyVim.org Plugins/UI/dashboard-nvim/options like this way

return {
  "nvimdev/dashboard-nvim",
  ...  <-- here put the content of LazyVim.org Plugins/UI/dashboard-nvim/options
}

Here is the full file content.

return {
  "nvimdev/dashboard-nvim",
  opts = function()
    local logo = [[
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       ██║     ██╔══██╗╚══███╔╝╚██╗ ██╔╝██║   ██║██║████╗ ████║      Z    
       ██║     ███████║  ███╔╝  ╚████╔╝ ██║   ██║██║██╔████╔██║   z       
       ██║     ██╔══██║ ███╔╝    ╚██╔╝  ╚██╗ ██╔╝██║██║╚██╔╝██║ z         
       ███████╗██║  ██║███████╗   ██║    ╚████╔╝ ██║██║ ╚═╝ ██║           
       ╚══════╝╚═╝  ╚═╝╚══════╝   ╚═╝     ╚═══╝  ╚═╝╚═╝     ╚═╝           
  ]]

    logo = string.rep("\n", 8) .. logo .. "\n\n"

    local opts = {
      theme = "doom",
      hide = {
        -- this is taken care of by lualine
        -- enabling this messes up the actual laststatus setting after loading a file
        statusline = false,
      },
      config = {
        header = vim.split(logo, "\n"),
      -- stylua: ignore
      center = {
        { action = "Telescope find_files",                                     desc = " 中文Find file",       icon = " ", key = "f" },
        { action = "ene | startinsert",                                        desc = " xNew file",        icon = " ", key = "n" },
        { action = "Telescope oldfiles",                                       desc = " Recent files",    icon = " ", key = "r" },
        { action = "Telescope live_grep",                                      desc = " Find text",       icon = " ", key = "g" },
        { action = [[lua require("lazyvim.util").telescope.config_files()()]], desc = " Config",          icon = " ", key = "c" },
        { action = 'lua require("persistence").load()',                        desc = " Restore Session", icon = " ", key = "s" },
        { action = "LazyExtras",                                               desc = " Lazy Extras",     icon = " ", key = "x" },
        { action = "Lazy",                                                     desc = " Lazy",            icon = "󰒲 ", key = "l" },
        { action = "qa",                                                       desc = " Quit",            icon = " ", key = "q" },
      },
        footer = function()
          local stats = require("lazy").stats()
          local ms = (math.floor(stats.startuptime * 100 + 0.5) / 100)
          return { "⚡ Neovim loaded " .. stats.loaded .. "/" .. stats.count .. " plugins in " .. ms .. "ms" }
        end,
      },
    }

    for _, button in ipairs(opts.config.center) do
      button.desc = button.desc .. string.rep(" ", 43 - #button.desc)
      button.key_format = "  %s"
    end

    -- close Lazy and re-open when the dashboard is ready
    if vim.o.filetype == "lazy" then
      vim.cmd.close()
      vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd("User", {
        pattern = "DashboardLoaded",
        callback = function()
          require("lazy").show()
        end,
      })
    end

    return opts
  end,
}

[xieyanknockout]

If all DESC use Chinese, there will still be this problem, but mixing Chinese and English will not. You can try.