@ johnpb Copy chat_english.txt from Team Fortress 2\hl2\resource\chat_english.txt to your custom hud's resource folder.
Add and edit the following lines between Token { } together with the existing 'filter_' lines and make sure to save the file with the following encoding: UCS-2 Little Endian. This allows you to overrule any localization line from tf_english, without having to update that file every time Valve adds new items! (credit to JarateKing for figuring this out)
"TF_ItemPresetName0" "A"
"TF_ItemPresetName1" "B"
"TF_ItemPresetName2" "C"
"TF_ItemPresetName3" "D"This should allow you to change the description on those buttons (and might completely screw you over in the +quickswitch menu (ItemQuickSwitch.res)