# Editor gets confused when RTL and LTR languages are mixed together

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/editor-gets-confused-when-rtl-and-ltr-languages-are-mixed-together/81373
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [2월 24, 2018, 12:21오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editor-gets-confused-when-rtl-and-ltr-languages-are-mixed-together/81373 "2018-02-24T00:21:11Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![Guy\_Fawkes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/guy_fawkes/32/90289_2.png) [@Guy\_Fawkes](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Guy_Fawkes)
#### Post date: [2월 24, 2018, 12:21오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editor-gets-confused-when-rtl-and-ltr-languages-are-mixed-together/81373/1 "2018-02-24T00:21:11Z")

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Hello ,  
I noticed that Arabic is not well supported by Discourse :  
This is how topics look like when I set up English :

 ![29](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/f/b/fbf291079e96ab2c9e1f3f1612abdad9592bbe58.png)  
When I turn to Arabic , it looks like this  
 ![53](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/7/4/74a19749f907c5fe9b6d8f9b424186fdb36330c6.png)  
Please fix this thank you

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### Author: ![simon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/simon/32/339122_2.png) [@simon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/simon)
#### Post date: [2월 24, 2018, 12:40오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editor-gets-confused-when-rtl-and-ltr-languages-are-mixed-together/81373/2 "2018-02-24T00:40:44Z")

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When you enable the Arabic locale, Discourse assumes that your posts are in Arabic, so it’s displaying the content from right-to-left. If your forum has a mix of left-to-right and right-to-left content, you need to enable the support mixed text direction setting. It’s found near the top of the Basic Setup settings page.

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### Author: ![Guy\_Fawkes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/guy_fawkes/32/90289_2.png) [@Guy\_Fawkes](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Guy_Fawkes)
#### Post date: [2월 24, 2018, 8:58오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editor-gets-confused-when-rtl-and-ltr-languages-are-mixed-together/81373/5 "2018-02-24T20:58:07Z")

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Yes right , I didn’t mention that thanks  
@simon

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### Author: ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [6월 12, 2020, 2:24오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editor-gets-confused-when-rtl-and-ltr-languages-are-mixed-together/81373/6 "2020-06-12T14:24:57Z")

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### Author: ![simon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/simon/32/339122_2.png) [@simon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/simon)
#### Post date: [6월 12, 2020, 4:57오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editor-gets-confused-when-rtl-and-ltr-languages-are-mixed-together/81373/7 "2020-06-12T16:57:34Z")

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