RTL issue with @ placement in user names

zogstrip · February 11, 2026, 3:46pm

Thanks for the report @serkhelesheyi - this will be fixed by

github.com/discourse/discourse

FIX: correct @ symbol placement in mentions for RTL locales (#37723)

main ← fix/rtl-mention-bidi

merged 04:08PM - 11 Feb 26 UTC

ZogStriP

+24 -0

In RTL contexts, the @ symbol in mentions like `@english_user` was rendered on t…he wrong side of the username (appearing as `english_user@`). This happened because the @ symbol is a Unicode "neutral" character that inherits its directionality from the surrounding text. When embedded in RTL content, the BiDi algorithm would push it to the right of LTR usernames. Adding `unicode-bidi: plaintext` to the mention mixin makes the browser determine the text direction from the mention's content rather than inheriting from the parent. The first strong character (the first letter of the username) dictates the direction, so LTR usernames get @ on the left and RTL usernames correctly get @ on the right. https://meta.discourse.org/t/395810 **BEFORE** <img width="807" height="268" alt="2026-02-11 @ 15 28 31" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/a506b80f-9987-424b-9f14-c475c37ee044" /> **AFTER** <img width="797" height="253" alt="2026-02-11 @ 15 28 49" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/2e8313a9-137b-4094-8bd6-2ce86bbd6dbe" />

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RTL issue with @ placement in user names

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