rizinorg/cutter

Support RTL (Right-to-Left) languages and layouts

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#3164 opened on Apr 26, 2023

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Description

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

There are multiple RTL/BiDi languages in the world. Using them often requires also the matching layouts. Qt allows creating interfaces that play well with those layouts (see links below).

Describe the solution you'd like

Currently Cutter has some (but incomplete) RTL languages translations, but they all require RTL/BiDi-friendly layouts. We should support them out of the box:

  • Urdu (unimplemented)
  • Arabic (complete translation is available)
  • Persian (incomplete)
  • Hebrew (incomplete)

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Tech stack
cpp
Domain
frontendaccessibility
Issue type
feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
1-2 days
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
fresh
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
clear
Prerequisites
Qt layout basicsC++ knowledge
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
40
Research direction
The issue requests RTL support for languages like Arabic, Hebrew, etc. Qt provides functions like setLayoutDirection and layout direction attributes. Key files likely include the main window and dialogs where layouts are set. The linked StackOverflow and KDE community resources provide guidance. A first step would be to examine the current layout usage in the codebase and apply RTL aware layout adjustments.