[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 32530] New: Text alignment should be inferred from text directionality

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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32530

           Summary: Text alignment should be inferred from text
                    directionality
           Product: LibreOffice
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: medium
         Component: Spreadsheet
        AssignedTo: libreoffice-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
        ReportedBy: eyal at zvi.org


Created an attachment (id=41302)
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Sample output from Excel and LibreOffice

Currently when text is entered into an empty cell, it is aligned to the left of
the cell. This is correct for text in Left to Right (LTR) languages such as
English, but wrong for text in Right to Left (RTL) languages such as Hebrew.

The alignment of text should be inferred from the directionality of the entered
text, specifically from the directionality of the first character (as text may
contain a mix of RTL and LTR characters).

As RTL text is mis-aligned by default, users need to manually correct the
alignment of all affected cells. It's of course possible to set the alignment
of all cells to the Right, but then cells containing LTR text must be manually
corrected.

For reference, Excel does align the text correctly.

Eyal.

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