Improve the direction of text, table columns, and horizontal overflow

[CyRamos]

Is there an existing issue for this?

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Can the issue be reproduced with the default theme (daylight/midnight)?

• I was able to reproduce the issue with the default theme

Could the issue be due to extensions?

• I've ruled out the possibility that the extension is causing the problem.

Describe the problem

Hey team,
RTL user over here.
When I grab some block of text (for example let's say it's a headline) and drag it next to another block on the left
It changes the order of the text in the wrong direction.

Wrong Example from SiYuan:

Expected result

Expected result from Notion:

Screenshot or screen recording presentation

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Version environment

- Version: v3.0.14
- Operating System: Windows 11 Pro
- Browser (if used): Brave, however, I'm using most with the desktop version. If it's necessary I'll use the web version.

Log file

siyuan.log

More information

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[TCOTC]

I can reproduce this

RTL.webm

[CyRamos]

I can reproduce this

RTL.webm

Hey @TCOTC
Thanks for the answer, I didn't mention however this feature is also enabled in my workspace.

in your video, it seems there is the same issue (when you drag the block left it appears in the right)

[CyRamos]

Hey team
Another mention: when writing in English (General RTL enabled in Editor but in document align to left).
The punctuation is also upside down:

[Vanessa219]

This is quite correct for languages written right to left: the terminating punctuation mark appears at the end, i.e. on the left.

[CyRamos]

This is quite correct for languages written right to left: the terminating punctuation mark appears at the end, i.e. on the left.

If it helps for references - in the Notion app where the blocks are auto-rotated (attach photo below)
when it's RTL or LTR it's known to rotate the block automatically.

[Vanessa219]

Rotation may not solve the problem, RTL is also language dependent.

[forabi]

Most apps which support auto-direction use some heuristics (if the paragraph starts with an RTL language character, this paragraph will be in RTL). Applying this setting to the whole editor is not very useful because most people will have to write some text in LTR languages along with RTL text in the same document.

[Vanessa219]

We can use the block menu to set each block individually.

[CyRamos]

We can use the block menu to set each block individually.

Glad to hear that does it mean in the future the text will automatically be RTL / LTR based on the block?

[Vanessa219]

This requires manual setting, there is no automatic setting rule.

[CyRamos]

This requires manual setting, there is no automatic setting rule.

I see, first of all, thanks for the answer
Second - this is the current result for choosing in-block RTL / LTR (as mentioned above) + aligning the text right (ALT+R)

As we can see the numeric lists are just changing their directions instead be in the right of the document:

[Vanessa219]

Because there is a block operation on 1., only the paragraph block has rtl.
It is normal when previewing.