rtl option

[xira]

I love thunderbird and recently upgraded to 102. The new look is beautiful and more user friendly (thanks), but the lack of rtl support was a disappointment. This simple thing is critical for anyone writing in Arabic or Hebrew. Currently the only way to do this is by going into the "format" advanced setting, and selecting dir = rtl for EVERY SINGLE EMAIL. 

I found a strange work around, which is making a signature in a <div> that has css and dir="rtl", but this hardly an answer. I have a number of email accounts and cannot include this work around in all of them. 

Every software with support for RTL languages has a keyboard shortcut to change direction as well as a button within the font selection. If Thunderbird could support this one feature, it would be perfect in my eyes.  Thanks for your time, and I look forward to (maybe) seeing this in a future version. Cheers

[Jon]

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[ittamar]

Hi People,

A few months ago I was very happy to migrate from outlook to TB.

I migrated using the BIDI extension for RTL languages and after reading the statement:

 Our mission is to provide an open source email app that is secure, private and free for users around the world. Your donations support this work. Will you give today?

lately I was surprised to find out that due to changes in the current version the BIDI extension is no longer functional. As I understand, no alternative is available???
Adding the code based on the BIDI extension should be manageable and will support your mission.