RTL support for chat panel (Hebrew/Arabic users)

Resolved 💬 3 comments Opened Apr 29, 2026 by daninonehoray46-design Closed May 3, 2026

Feature request

Add RTL (right-to-left) support for the Claude Code chat panel to properly display Hebrew, Arabic, Persian, and other RTL languages.

Current behavior

  • When typing Hebrew/Arabic in the chat input, text appears left-to-right instead of right-to-left
  • Claude's responses in RTL languages also display LTR
  • The chat webview seems to be hardcoded to dir="ltr"

Expected behavior

  • Auto-detect RTL content and render with dir="rtl", OR
  • Provide a toggle/setting for RTL layout

Why this matters

Hebrew/Arabic-speaking developers currently have a broken reading experience in the chat panel. Editor files already render RTL correctly — only the chat UI is affected.

Environment

  • Platform: macOS
  • IDE: Antigravity (VS Code-based)
  • Claude Code: VS Code native extension

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