rizinorg/cutter

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

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#3,164 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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Research direction
Investigate Qt's layout direction settings, specifically QApplication::setLayoutDirection and QWidget::setLayoutDirection. Ensure the entire application respects the right to left layout when the UI language is set to an RTL language. Test with Arabic and Hebrew translations.
Tech stack
cpp
Domain
desktopfrontend
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.
Half day
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Fresh
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
Clear
Prerequisites
Qt
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
75