RE: LeoThread 2024-09-11 11:59

[ahmadmanga]

I asked ChatGPT about mixing Right-To-Left (RTL) Languages with Left-to-Right (LTR) Languages. I also asked it to summarize the question and the answer.

Original question: As an online platform owner, how can you make your platform recognize if the a paragraph is in a RTL or LTR languages and display them accordingly? Facebook and Twitter are able to do that, but I don't see this on many platform.

What are the most lightweight and open source options we can start with?

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[ahmadmanga]

Question:
How can an online platform dynamically detect and display text in Right-to-Left (RTL) or Left-to-Right (LTR) languages?

Answer:
To dynamically detect and adjust text direction on your platform, lightweight and open-source options include:

• CLD2: A backend solution detecting languages (like Arabic or Hebrew) to infer RTL direction.
• Franc: A frontend or backend language detection tool that can identify RTL languages and adjust direction.
• lre-detection: A lightweight JavaScript library that directly detects RTL or LTR based on character sets, ideal for on-the-fly detection.
• CSS: For inputs, use unicode-bidi and direction: auto to auto-detect text direction.

Implementation:
Use lre-detection for real-time detection, or combine Franc/CLD2 with server-side detection for broader language support, dynamically setting the dir attribute in your HTML.