@maxnoder1995 wrote:
@tst wrote:
If the goal is to display text, then fiddling around with it can usually produce reasonable results, and that covers the majority of my needs.
I’m looking for a function that takes an input string and formats it to display correctly in RTL (right-to-left). The real challenge lies in handling neutral text, and I’m struggling to find an effective solution for this.
To be clear, LV does handle most text correctly without the need to do anything. It manages both the RTL and the bi-directionality correctly. The issue usually comes with having neutral characters at the end of the line or mixing Hebrew and English (numbers seem to work fine) and that's where the fiddling comes into play. While the algorithm could probably be figured out and modify the text accordingly, I found that it hasn't been an issue in that many places and that where it is, it's usually practical either to fix it manually (if it's only for display), only do it in English or use .NET controls if the functionality is really needed.
If I really wanted to handle this purely in LV, I would probably try reading up on the topic first (example) and then playing with it to see how LV behaves exactly with different inputs (different mixes, font sizes, line breaks, etc.), but even then, experience tells me that there things which are always displayed incorrectly, regardless of how you fiddle with them, and the only solution would be to implement the display on your own using something like the picture control. By that point, you might as well just use the .NET controls.
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