Support right-to-left languages

MustafaJarrar

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

timo

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.

MustafaJarrar

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).

timo

Mac and iOS is not all platforms - the app is also available on Windows and Android 😉
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?

Abdulrahman

Hi there

I just bought the Windows and Android versions 🙂

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 device’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 🙂

Finally, thank you so much for such an amazing app

timo

Abdulrahman Could you perhaps share some screenshots with me via mail (diariumapp@outlook.com) and I will see what problems are easy to fix

Abdulrahman

Yes, I will do happily

TheHaiduk

+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..

FatemehOstad

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

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/

TheHaiduk

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

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