# Arabic RTL chat text renders with broken BiDi layout on Windows

**URL:** <https://forum.cursor.com/t/arabic-rtl-chat-text-renders-with-broken-bidi-layout-on-windows/162815>\
**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Tags:** chat\
**Created:** [June 9, 2026, 4:01pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/arabic-rtl-chat-text-renders-with-broken-bidi-layout-on-windows/162815 "2026-06-09T16:01:38Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 9, 2026, 8:58pm UTC](https://forum.cursor.com/t/arabic-rtl-chat-text-renders-with-broken-bidi-layout-on-windows/162815/6 "2026-06-09T20:58:01Z")

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Hey @moeyd_alwazzan!

This is a known, long-standing issue. Some community members have developed their own workarounds that might be worth taking a look at.

> [@Add RTL for chat](https://forum.cursor.com/t/add-rtl-for-chat/130110/20):
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> Hi @EbrahimH and the others, After facing this exact same issue, I took some time to invest in a solution (should be easy when using Cursor slight_smile ) I wrote an extension that understands the structure of the Chats window and the Plans Markdown window and applies RTL when needed. The extension is smart; it detects which language the sentence starts in and applies the alignment accordingly. For now, the installation is only using a VSIX file. Please see the instructions here: [Cursor RT…](https://motcke.github.io/cursor-ext-rtl/)

> [@Arabic + English mixed text is visually reordered incorrectly in Cursor Chat (RTL/LTR issue)](https://forum.cursor.com/t/arabic-english-mixed-text-is-visually-reordered-incorrectly-in-cursor-chat-rtl-ltr-issue/152615/3):
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> Hey, thanks for the detailed report. This is a known limitation. The chat panel doesn’t properly support RTL or BiDi text rendering right now, which is why you’re seeing that word order issue when Arabic and English are mixed. A lot of users have already asked us to fix this. There’s a feature request thread with more context here: [Add RTL for chat](https://forum.cursor.com/t/add-rtl-for-chat/130110) For now, there are community fixes that add RTL styles to the chat panel: [GitHub - mrezadalaee/cursor-rtl-chat-fix: Fixes RTL text rendering is…](https://github.com/mrezadalaee/cursor-rtl-chat-fix)

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