Hello List: There seems to be a better option, sometimes just staring at me in the face, right in the docs.
http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qml-qtquick-layoutmirroring.html#details More news on its effectiveness. Cheers. md On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 6:55 AM, mark diener <rpzrpz...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello List: > > Has anybody come across how to control right to left languages with > respect to alignment application wide. > > http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qguiapplication.html#layoutDirection-prop > > In my case, I need to project arabic along with english. > > But the shifting of left to right layout and right to left > is not just individual component level, but application wide > and dynamic based on language toggling. > QApplication->setLayoutDirection() seems to have little effect > on QML Text > > For example: > > النقاط MMX: > > When displayed in QML app mixes up the stored string > and re-arranges it: > > :MMX النقاط > > Now, that means we actually need the Text QML objects themselves to mirror > to follow along with layout. > > What would be wonderful is application wide layout mirroring where if we > have a left to right language installed, the entire QML inventory could be > virtually swapped to support it and thus not require a Left to Right and > Right to Left layout for all the nicely positioned QML components that were > designed with left to right to start with. > > If you have 50 QML layouts, that is a lot of work to get it looking good > with Arabic AND English unless you dedicate a separate set of QML inventory > to support Right to Left. > > Any body have some reflections and/or tips on this? > > Especially anybody from Arabic part of the community. > >
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