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Problem:
The client needed assistance with aligning text to the right for the Dhivehi language, which is read from right to left. They also encountered issues with phone numbers, email addresses, and punctuation marks appearing reversed in the translation editor.
Solution:
We recommended checking the theme's CSS rules for RTL (right-to-left) content display, as WPML does not control the RTL layout. For custom languages, we advised following this guide to add RTL support: https://wpml.org/documentation/getting-started-guide/language-setup/editing-wpmls-languages-table/#adding-rtl-right-to-left-support-to-a-custom-language
If the issue persists, we suggested using custom CSS with the ":lang()" selector to set the text direction to RTL. For more details, we provided external documentation links:
- https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/:lang
- https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/direction
For the translation editor, we instructed the client to:
- Go to WPML > Languages > Edit Languages
- Map the language to the closest RTL language
- Save the changes
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Assisted by: Mohamed Sayed.
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As the Dhivehi language is read from right to left, may I know if it is possible to shift the alignment to the right? Additionally, the phone numbers and mail address are appearing as reversed/the sentence structure changes once the Dhivehi translation is entered into the translation boxes. The same thing happens to full stops for the last sentence in a paragraph- the full stop appears at the start of the last line, instead at the end of it. I have attached screenshots for what it looks like. And an example of what it is supposed to look like.      |
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Hi Daniel, WPML doesn’t control the RTL layout of your theme. The display of right-to-left content is controlled by the CSS rules of your theme. Since you're using a custom language, please follow this guide to add the RTL support for the custom language: https://wpml.org/documentation/getting-started-guide/language-setup/editing-wpmls-languages-table/#adding-rtl-right-to-left-support-to-a-custom-language If that didn't help to show the correct direction, then you can use custom CSS to target that specific language with the ":lang()" selector and set it to RTL. Please check the following external documentation for more details: Regarding the text direction in the translation editor, please follow these steps after creating a full backup: - Go to WPML > Languages > Edit Languages Let me know please if that helps. Kind regards,  |