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RTL datatables with KeyTable plugin does not flip arrow buttons

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
typescript
Domain
frontend

Research direction

Start by opening the linked RTL demo and reproducing the KeyTable arrow-button behavior in the reported DataTables page. Trace the KeyTable navigation and RTL handling, then verify that the arrow buttons provide the expected RTL direction without breaking normal left-to-right behavior.

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Description

Hello,
I hope you are good and fine.

We use Datatable plugin with KeyTable extension in RTL application. and we noticed that the arrow key did not flip to provide RTL desired feature.

The following demo page show the issue : http://demo.javatmp.com/JavaTMP-Static-Ajax/index-rtl.html#pages/table/datatable/defalut-datatables-fixedcolumn-with-key-navigation.html

Regards.

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