Area
apps/desktop
Summary
Arabic and other RTL comments in the browser annotation editor use the inspected page's text direction instead of the comment's own content. On a normal LTR page, the RTL comment is aligned incorrectly; on an RTL page, the entire annotation toolbar is mirrored.
Steps to reproduce
- Open any left-to-right page in the T3 Code desktop browser panel, for example
https://example.com.
- Click Annotate preview.
- Select any element so the annotation comment editor appears.
- Type an Arabic comment, for example
كبّر هذا العنوان.
Expected behavior
The comment field should infer direction from the entered text. Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, and other RTL comments should start from the right and preserve readable bidirectional ordering.
The annotation toolbar and editor controls should keep their own stable layout regardless of the inspected page's direction.
Actual behavior
The annotation comment field inherits the inspected page's direction:
- On an LTR page, Arabic annotation text remains in an LTR field and is aligned/ordered incorrectly.
- On an RTL page, the comment flows RTL, but the annotation chrome is also mirrored, including the tool order and Attach button placement.
This couples the annotation UI to the host document instead of handling the comment direction independently.
Impact
Minor bug or occasional failure. RTL users can enter a comment, but the field is awkward to edit and mixed RTL/LTR content such as URLs, selectors, and code tokens can be displayed in the wrong visual order.
Version or commit
Reproduced on 0.0.29-nightly.20260724.893 (ece05087a70e).
Environment
T3 Code desktop nightly, Linux/X11, Electron.
Screenshots, recordings, or supporting files
Actual behavior on an LTR page: the short Arabic comment is anchored to the left side of the field.
Diagnostic control with the host page set to RTL: the same comment moves to the right, but the toolbar order and Attach button also reverse. This shows that the annotation overlay inherits direction from the inspected page.
Related but not duplicate: #1771 is a broad proposal for bidi-ready renderer styling and message bodies. This report is narrowly about the desktop preview annotation overlay and its comment textarea.
Technical note
Current main at 5719e8ac4020 creates the annotation <textarea> without a dir attribute. Giving the comment field content-based direction such as dir="auto", while explicitly isolating the annotation chrome from the host document direction, appears to be the smallest relevant scope.
Workaround
No practical per-comment workaround. Temporarily changing the inspected document's root direction to RTL also changes the page and annotation controls.
Area
apps/desktop
Summary
Arabic and other RTL comments in the browser annotation editor use the inspected page's text direction instead of the comment's own content. On a normal LTR page, the RTL comment is aligned incorrectly; on an RTL page, the entire annotation toolbar is mirrored.
Steps to reproduce
https://example.com.كبّر هذا العنوان.Expected behavior
The comment field should infer direction from the entered text. Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, and other RTL comments should start from the right and preserve readable bidirectional ordering.
The annotation toolbar and editor controls should keep their own stable layout regardless of the inspected page's direction.
Actual behavior
The annotation comment field inherits the inspected page's direction:
This couples the annotation UI to the host document instead of handling the comment direction independently.
Impact
Minor bug or occasional failure. RTL users can enter a comment, but the field is awkward to edit and mixed RTL/LTR content such as URLs, selectors, and code tokens can be displayed in the wrong visual order.
Version or commit
Reproduced on
0.0.29-nightly.20260724.893(ece05087a70e).Environment
T3 Code desktop nightly, Linux/X11, Electron.
Screenshots, recordings, or supporting files
Actual behavior on an LTR page: the short Arabic comment is anchored to the left side of the field.
Diagnostic control with the host page set to RTL: the same comment moves to the right, but the toolbar order and Attach button also reverse. This shows that the annotation overlay inherits direction from the inspected page.
Related but not duplicate: #1771 is a broad proposal for bidi-ready renderer styling and message bodies. This report is narrowly about the desktop preview annotation overlay and its comment textarea.
Technical note
Current
mainat5719e8ac4020creates the annotation<textarea>without adirattribute. Giving the comment field content-based direction such asdir="auto", while explicitly isolating the annotation chrome from the host document direction, appears to be the smallest relevant scope.Workaround
No practical per-comment workaround. Temporarily changing the inspected document's root direction to RTL also changes the page and annotation controls.