TYPO3 Core

• title is generated in getRecordTitle() (t3lib/class.t3lib_befunc.php)

Currently you can handle this in your own extensions with a label_userFunc (since Typo3 4):

//include file in ext_tables.php
t3lib_div::requireOnce(t3lib_extMgm::extPath($_EXTKEY) . 'Classes/Utility/TCAUserFunc.php');

//add label_userFunc 
$TCA['tx_abcd_table'] = array(
    'label' => 'name',
    'label_userFunc' => 'Tx_ExtKey_Utility_TCALabelUserFunc->getLabel',
    ...

TCAUserFunc.php

class Tx_ExtKey_Utility_TCALabelUserFunc {

    /**
     * Set $params['title'] to label of $l10n_parent and label of sys_language if translation and title empty
     *
     * @param array $params 
     * @return void
     */
    public function getLabel(array $params){

        /**
         * labelRow
         * 
         * @var string
         */
        $labelRow = 'name';

        if ($params['row']['sys_language_uid'] > 0 && empty($params['row'][$labelRow])) {
            $l10n_parent = t3lib_BEfunc::getRecord($params['table'], $params['row']['l10n_parent'],$labelRow);
            $sys_language = t3lib_BEfunc::getRecord('sys_language', $params['row']['sys_language_uid'],'title');
            $params['title'] = $l10n_parent[$labelRow] . ' - ' . $sys_language['title'];
        } else {
            $params['title'] = $params['row'][$labelRow];
        }
    }    
}

Patch set 2 for branch master has been pushed to the review server.
It is available at http://review.typo3.org/10448

Patch set 3 for branch master has been pushed to the review server.
It is available at http://review.typo3.org/10448

Test this by simply setting in typo3conf/ext_tables.php:

t3lib_div::loadTCA('tt_content');
$GLOBALS['TCA']['tt_content']['columns']['header']['l10n_mode'] = 'exclude';
$GLOBALS['TCA']['tt_content']['ctrl']['label_alt'] = '';

Then you translate any content element and [No Title] will be shown without the patch.

(Note: Nobody would do this for tt_content, but it's relevant for extension tables. tt_content is just a nice way to test.)

Patch set 4 for branch master has been pushed to the review server.
It is available at http://review.typo3.org/10448

Patch set 5 for branch master has been pushed to the review server.
It is available at https://review.typo3.org/10448

Patch set 6 for branch master has been pushed to the review server.
It is available at https://review.typo3.org/10448

Patch set 7 for branch master has been pushed to the review server.
It is available at https://review.typo3.org/10448

Patch set 8 for branch master has been pushed to the review server.
It is available at https://review.typo3.org/10448

Patch set 9 for branch master has been pushed to the review server.
It is available at https://review.typo3.org/10448

Patch set 10 for branch master has been pushed to the review server.
It is available at https://review.typo3.org/10448

Patch set 11 for branch master has been pushed to the review server.
It is available at https://review.typo3.org/10448

Patch set 12 for branch master of project Packages/TYPO3.CMS has been pushed to the review server.
It is available at https://review.typo3.org/10448

Patch set 13 for branch master of project Packages/TYPO3.CMS has been pushed to the review server.
It is available at https://review.typo3.org/10448

Patch set 14 for branch master of project Packages/TYPO3.CMS has been pushed to the review server.
It is available at https://review.typo3.org/10448

Patch set 15 for branch master of project Packages/TYPO3.CMS has been pushed to the review server.
It is available at https://review.typo3.org/10448

Patch set 16 for branch master of project Packages/TYPO3.CMS has been pushed to the review server.
It is available at https://review.typo3.org/10448

Patch set 17 for branch master of project Packages/TYPO3.CMS has been pushed to the review server.
It is available at https://review.typo3.org/10448

Patch set 18 for branch master of project Packages/TYPO3.CMS has been pushed to the review server.
It is available at https://review.typo3.org/10448

Patch set 19 for branch master of project Packages/TYPO3.CMS has been pushed to the review server.
It is available at https://review.typo3.org/10448

Patch set 20 for branch master of project Packages/TYPO3.CMS has been pushed to the review server.
It is available at https://review.typo3.org/10448