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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