Setting the default front page setting to be translatable

Question

I've enabled the following multilingual modules:

• Configuration Translation
• Content Translation
• Interface Translation
• Language

Configuration translation enables me to translate the site title and slogan, but how can I translate the default front page setting to have a different front page per language?

I can see the setting in system.site.yml:

page:
  403: ''
  404: ''
  front: /node

but overriding it in language/de/system.site.yml doesn't seem to help.

Is there anyway I can activate the setting for translation?

Answer 1

I created a proof of concept Drupal (latest - 8.3.5) instance on simplytest.me earlier today to check if this is actually something you cannot override in language//system.site.yml. I had no problem to differentiate frontpage for default (english) language and additional language.

Just remember that front property is nested under page key.

Answer 2

I just ran into the same situation and like described by @zaporylie, the workaround to set the value directly in the translated configuration works perfectly. Did the author perhaps forget to import the changed configuration?

I now opened an issue to expose these values in UI. Please help to contribute: https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/issues/3097497