# Links are Left-to-Right by default

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-are-left-to-right-by-default/118101
**Category:** Bug
**Created:** [18.Май.2019 18:17:01 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-are-left-to-right-by-default/118101 "2019-05-18T18:17:01Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author: ![yaron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/yaron/32/119812_2.png) [@yaron](https://meta.discourse.org/u/yaron)
#### Post date: [18.Май.2019 18:17:01 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-are-left-to-right-by-default/118101/1 "2019-05-18T18:17:01Z")

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Hey,  
I’m using Hebrew Discourse.  
I tried adding a link with the following title:

ב־GitLab פרטי (In a private GitLab instance)

So I wrote:

ב־[GitLab פרטי](https://gitab.com)

And I ended up with:

ב־[פרטי GitLab](https://gitab.com)

I managed to bypass this issue by adding `&#x202b;` at the beginning of the title and `&#x202c;` at the end (These are RLE and LRE in accordance).

I’m not sure why, but it doesn’t happen here with the English interface and the `<div dir="rtl"></div>` tags.

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### Author: ![shaib\_il](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/shaib_il/32/141585_2.png) [@shaib\_il](https://meta.discourse.org/u/shaib_il)
#### Post date: [19.Май.2019 20:09:30 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/links-are-left-to-right-by-default/118101/2 "2019-05-19T20:09:30Z")

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I was going to suggest using PDF rather than LRE to close off the right-to-left bit, but it turns out that `&#x202c;` actually is PDF…

AFAIK it is custom to present BiDi issues to a mostly-English-reading audience using small letters for the LTR text and capitals for the RTL. So Yaron’s example becomes:

"I wrote

[ETAVIRP gitlab](https://gitlab.com) A NI
(note Hebrew places adjectives after their nouns -Shai)

"And ended up with

[gitlab ETAVIRP](https://gitlab.com) A NI

I hope this makes the issue easier to see.