# Setting input direction in UI

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-input-direction-in-ui/60203>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [31.Март.2017 00:21:22 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-input-direction-in-ui/60203 "2017-03-31T00:21:22Z")\
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**Post date:** [31.Март.2017 14:12:52 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/setting-input-direction-in-ui/60203/2 "2017-03-31T14:12:52Z")

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> [@mrphs](#):
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> Let users set the direction from the text editing tool bar

This would require quite radical changes, cause the editor is now a single textarea, it would have to become “content editable” or something else fancy to support 1 para in English and a second in an RTL lang.

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