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feat: control note text direction - #1188

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Summary

  • Add an Automatic / Left to right / Right to left note-direction setting on desktop and mobile.
  • In Automatic mode, delegate direction detection to the browser through dir="auto": daily notes follow their first bullet, while regular notes follow their title.
  • Keep Tasks and source-code blocks left to right so surrounding UI and code remain stable.
  • Keep the setting presentation-only; stored Markdown is unchanged.

Automatic mode deliberately establishes one direction for the whole note. This keeps the implementation aligned with native DOM and ProseMirror behavior, without custom text classification, per-block decorations, or mutation observers.

Depends on #1184 for the RTL font fallback. Until that PR merges, GitHub will also show its typography commit in this stacked PR.

Examples

Screenshot Description
Daily note with first LTR bullet Daily note with mixed content where the first bullet is in an LTR language.
Daily note with first RTL bullet Daily note with mixed content where the first bullet is in an RTL language.
Regular note with RTL title Regular note where the title is in an RTL language.

These examples and the rationale are also documented in this issue comment.

Alternative considered

The per-block direction branch detects direction for each top-level block while keeping nested list items together. It supports mixed-direction notes more precisely, but requires additional ProseMirror decorations and static-preview DOM synchronization. It remains available for comparison if reviewers prefer that behavior.

Verification

  • pnpm check
  • 193 targeted direction, editor, task, settings, and schema tests in Chromium
  • The same 193 tests in WebKit, matching the production Tauri webview engine
  • Local signed Tauri build and launch smoke test

Addresses #813.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features
    • Added editor text direction settings with Auto, left-to-right, and right-to-left options on desktop and mobile.
    • Notes and previews now support the selected text direction.
    • Task content remains consistently left-to-right where appropriate.
  • Bug Fixes
    • Improved RTL layout behavior, including alignment, blockquotes, tables, and code.
    • Added automatic direction detection for mixed-language content.
  • Style
    • Updated reading typography to use the interface font with system fallbacks.

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Walkthrough

The PR adds a persisted editorTextDirection setting with auto, ltr, and rtl values. Desktop and mobile settings expose the preference. Notes and previews apply the setting, while task content remains left-to-right. RTL-aware editor styles and tests cover the behavior.

Changes

Editor text direction

Layer / File(s) Summary
Settings schema and public type
packages/core/src/settings/schema.ts, packages/core/src/exports/platform.ts, packages/core/src/settings/schema.test.ts
The settings schema adds editorTextDirection with auto, ltr, and rtl values. Invalid values fall back to auto. The type and schema are publicly exported.
Settings controls and persistence
apps/desktop/src/components/settings/editor-section.tsx, apps/desktop/src/mobile/screens/settings.tsx, apps/desktop/src/components/settings-screen.test.tsx, apps/desktop/src/mobile/screens/settings.test.tsx, apps/desktop/src/providers/settings-provider.test.tsx
Desktop and mobile settings provide text direction controls. Tests verify selected values and the updated default settings document.
Native direction propagation
apps/desktop/src/providers/editor-text-direction.tsx, apps/desktop/src/main.tsx, apps/desktop/src/editor/note-editor.tsx, apps/desktop/src/editor/editor-text-direction.tsx, apps/desktop/src/editor/markdown-preview.tsx, apps/desktop/src/components/note-pane.tsx, apps/desktop/src/editor/*test.tsx
The persisted direction updates the document root. NoteEditor applies native direction to the editor DOM. MarkdownPreview supports fixed direction overrides.
Task direction and RTL styling
apps/desktop/src/components/tasks/*, apps/desktop/src/mobile/task-edit-sheet.tsx, apps/desktop/src/styles/index.css, design-system/tokens/typography.css
Task editors and previews use left-to-right direction. Editor styles add RTL support, logical layout properties, and left-to-right code-block handling. The reading font token now uses the sans font stack.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 06569

The new note-direction preference is not consistently applied in previews: saved Left-to-right or Right-to-left choices fall back to Automatic there, which can make displayed notes use the wrong direction. The issue is localized and mergeable with explicit owner awareness and follow-up.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Settings
  participant SettingsProvider
  participant DocumentRoot
  participant NoteEditor
  participant MarkdownPreview
  Settings->>SettingsProvider: Save editorTextDirection
  SettingsProvider->>DocumentRoot: Set data-editor-text-direction
  NoteEditor->>NoteEditor: Set editor root dir
  MarkdownPreview->>MarkdownPreview: Apply dir and fixed-direction attributes
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In `@apps/desktop/src/editor/markdown-preview.tsx`:
- Around line 37-38: Update NotePreview to pass settings.editorTextDirection to
MarkdownPreview through its textDirection prop, preserving the persisted ltr or
rtl setting instead of allowing the auto fallback.
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  • apps/desktop/src/components/note-pane.tsx
  • apps/desktop/src/components/settings-screen.test.tsx
  • apps/desktop/src/components/settings/editor-section.tsx
  • apps/desktop/src/components/tasks/task-editor.tsx
  • apps/desktop/src/components/tasks/task-text.tsx
  • apps/desktop/src/components/tasks/tasks-screen.test.tsx
  • apps/desktop/src/editor/editor-text-direction.tsx
  • apps/desktop/src/editor/markdown-preview.test.tsx
  • apps/desktop/src/editor/markdown-preview.tsx
  • apps/desktop/src/editor/note-editor.test.tsx
  • apps/desktop/src/editor/note-editor.tsx
  • apps/desktop/src/main.tsx
  • apps/desktop/src/mobile/screens/settings.test.tsx
  • apps/desktop/src/mobile/screens/settings.tsx
  • apps/desktop/src/mobile/task-edit-sheet.tsx
  • apps/desktop/src/providers/editor-text-direction.tsx
  • apps/desktop/src/providers/settings-provider.test.tsx
  • apps/desktop/src/styles/index.css
  • design-system/tokens/typography.css
  • packages/core/src/exports/platform.ts
  • packages/core/src/settings/schema.test.ts
  • packages/core/src/settings/schema.ts

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Comment on lines +37 to +38
/** Fixed direction for UI previews; note previews inherit the editor setting. */
textDirection?: EditorTextDirection

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

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printf '%s\n' '--- candidate source files ---'
fd -i 'markdown-preview|task-text' apps/desktop/src
printf '%s\n' '--- MarkdownPreview definitions and callers ---'
rg -n --glob '*.{ts,tsx}' '\bMarkdownPreview\b|function MarkdownPreview|const MarkdownPreview' apps/desktop/src
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  [ -f "$file" ] && rg -n -i 'markdown|preview|direction|editor setting|note' "$file" || true
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printf '%s\n' '--- production caller source ---'
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cat -n apps/desktop/src/components/chat/chat-assistant-part.tsx
cat -n apps/desktop/src/components/wiki-link-hover-preview.tsx
printf '%s\n' '--- direction/settings references ---'
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printf '%s\n' '--- editor direction provider/effect and editor consumers ---'
cat -n apps/desktop/src/providers/editor-text-direction.tsx
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Pass settings.editorTextDirection to MarkdownPreview in NotePreview.

NotePreview reads settings but omits textDirection, so persisted ltr or rtl settings fall back to auto.

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In `@apps/desktop/src/editor/markdown-preview.tsx` around lines 37 - 38, Update
NotePreview to pass settings.editorTextDirection to MarkdownPreview through its
textDirection prop, preserving the persisted ltr or rtl setting instead of
allowing the auto fallback.

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