# Image preview tooltip arrows are wrong for RTL Arabic

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/image-preview-tooltip-arrows-are-wrong-for-rtl-arabic/388849
**Category:** UX
**Tags:** translation
**Created:** [November 18, 2025, 3:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/image-preview-tooltip-arrows-are-wrong-for-rtl-arabic/388849 "2025-11-18T15:30:49Z")
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### Author: ![discojan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c0e974/32.png) [@discojan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/discojan)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2025, 3:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/image-preview-tooltip-arrows-are-wrong-for-rtl-arabic/388849/1 "2025-11-18T15:30:49Z")

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![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/6/5/e/65ee6170070555685ef8c0609240a3db97b90600.jpeg)

The left arrow button tooltip hover text should say “Next (Left Arrow Key)” and the button on the right “Previous (Right Arrow Key)”.

edit: please disable Discourse translation for this post to see what the tooltip text should be for Arabic

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### Author: ![discojan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c0e974/32.png) [@discojan](https://meta.discourse.org/u/discojan)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2025, 3:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/image-preview-tooltip-arrows-are-wrong-for-rtl-arabic/388849/2 "2025-11-18T15:34:48Z")

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I think a change of translation for these strings on Crowdin should do it, right?

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### Author: ![Moin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/moin/32/554653_2.png) [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2025, 3:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/image-preview-tooltip-arrows-are-wrong-for-rtl-arabic/388849/3 "2025-11-18T15:47:38Z")

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I think that’s doable, but then all translators of RTL languages need to keep that in mind. Maybe there is a way to fix that which doesn’t require them to pay attention, for example by separating the direction and the other part of the text.

> Next ( ~~Right~~ arrow key)  
> Next (%{forward\_direction} arrow key)

Then forward\_direction could be the translation for “left” or “right” depending on the text direction. Do you think this could work?