Fix Mixed RTL/LTR Text Direction Issues (BiDi Support in Text Fields)

AppSheet AppSheet Q&A
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I am NOT asking to flip the whole App UI to RTL. My request is specifically about the TEXT rendering inside LongText / Text fields.

When typing a Kurdish or Arabic sentence that contains an English word (like a drug name: “Zinc”), AppSheet scrambles the entire sentence structure. Words before and after the English term get reordered incorrectly because of the lack of proper BiDi (Bidirectional) text support.

Please add native BiDi text support or an option to set Text Direction (RTL) for specific text columns.

2

Hello @goran1,

Thanks for pointing this out! I will document this request and bring it up to the team.

3

Thank you, Jose! I really appreciate you taking the time to document this and share it with the product team.

Proper BiDi text rendering would make a massive difference for medical, clinical, and multilingual apps built in RTL languages (like Kurdish, Arabic, Urdu, and Hebrew) that frequently include LTR technical terms, drug names, and measurements.

Looking forward to seeing updates on this feature!