# Set direction of text depending on text itself

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-direction-of-text-depending-on-text-itself/54016
**Category:** Feature
**Tags:** pr-welcome
**Created:** [December 9, 2016, 1:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-direction-of-text-depending-on-text-itself/54016 "2016-12-09T13:30:41Z")
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### Author: ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2025, 10:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/set-direction-of-text-depending-on-text-itself/54016/11 "2025-11-16T22:18:59Z")

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![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/2/4/8/24812ff0e2a1692131786bac84b323350194e8aa.png)

Just confirming this is particularity an issue on English forums where you occasionally post in Hebrew? (mixed language places)

Cause under Hebrew locale everything seems to be OK

One thing that may help here is:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/3/c/f/3cf1a3e97b737b6e50414af2ecec0663283112a6.png)

With that button enabled in the toolbar it is far easier as a help here. To enable it you would enable the setting `support mixed text direction`

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