<div dir="rtl"><div dir="ltr">Hi,<br>This is a picture from 3.5 release notes that shows the new RTL widgets (combo boxes) used in Libreoffice.<br></div><div style="text-align:center" dir="ltr"><a href="http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/3.5" target="_blank">http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/3.5</a><br>
</div><div dir="ltr"><br>Creating RTL widgets is good, but it should be noted that the text should be also RTL.<br></div><div style="text-align:center">
<img alt="http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/images/9/98/Gtk_rtl_3.5.png" src="http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/images/9/98/Gtk_rtl_3.5.png"><br><div dir="ltr" style="text-align:left">If you look at the Arabic text, and test it yourself, you will find out that although the widget is RTL, but the text is not. This problem exist for editable text boxes like Font selection text box. For readonly text like the text you will see in como boxes, The text is RTL.<br>
When selecting font, we have another problem. The English name of the font is right-aligned altough it should be left-aligned and the Arabic sample is left aligned, although it should be right-aligned. Smart decision can be determining RTL or LTR according to the text, just like the way Gedit does for English or Arabic text.<br>
<br>Compare these:<br><div style="text-align:center"><img alt="تصویر درون برنامهای 1" src="cid:ii_1364f558686b457a"><br><b>Current UI</b><br><br><img alt="تصویر درون برنامهای 2" src="cid:ii_1364f560e42b0990"><br><b>Desired UI</b><br>
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