It would be nice to add a button to support writing in right-to-left languages

This feature request misses a lot of details, e.g. platform you are using the app on.
Right-to-left languages should be supported already.

In all platforms (MAC and iOS), the text is always aligned left-to-right. I could not find any way to align/direct/show it right-to-left.
Please remark that there are two issues to consider when supporting right-to-left language: (1) allow the text fields to accept UTF 8 characters. This is an encoding issue, and Diarium supports this indeed. (2) show the direction of the text from right-to-left. this is not supported in Diarium.
I hope you can support this which is easy to add to Diarium (For example, look at dir="rtl" tag in HTML).

Mac and iOS is not all platforms - the app is also available on Windows and Android ๐Ÿ˜‰
What kind of text do you want to have right-to-left aligned? Arabic text or something similar?
What language have you set your device to? Is your device set to right-to-left?

6 months later

Hi there

I just bought the Windows and Android versions ๐Ÿ™‚

If you could support Arabic language while my device in English your app would be 100% the best in the market

The issues I face when my deviceโ€™s language in English is as follow:

Android:
The Title is already RTL
The direction of the text is already RTL but not 100%, some text is RTL but when I insert timestap it is LTR

Windows:
The Title doesn't support RTL
The text doesn't support RTL
timestap is LTR

Both devices have no issues when they are in Arabic language

I can provide more info, just tell me and I will be more than happy to help ๐Ÿ™‚

Finally, thank you so much for such an amazing app

  • timo replied to this.
    2 months later

    +1 to this request.
    the text field in windows app does not retain right to left setting. (the heading does)

    i like the app and want to use it, so not having to do the re-alignment each and every time would greatly improve the experience..

    14 days later

    Hi, I am using android app and Mac app, both paid version. But they don't support RTL for Persian/Farsi language. Would be great to have it. Thanks in advance.

    • timo replied to this.

      FatemehOstad With "don't support RTL", are you referring to the app's UI not being RTL or RTL text (Arabic, Farsi, Hebrew) not showing right-aligned in the text fields? Maybe you can provide a screenhot?
      Edit: For the app (user interface) to be RTL and localized into Farsi, Diarium would first have to be translated into that language. You can contribute towards that here: https://translate.timopartl.com/projects/diarium/app/fa/

      9 days later

      Timo actually made an update in the latest version, from what I see so far - right to left alignment works perfectly now (thanks to Timo for that!)

      • timo replied to this.

        TheHaiduk Yes I made a change to the Windows app. If there are still RTL issues, I am happy to look into it.