Version: (using KDE 4.2.1) OS: Linux Installed from: Fedora RPMs all kicker elements are ordered from left to right even in RTL locales for example k menu is on the left and systray on right and the tasks in task widget is also the same when I looked into the code plasma/applets/tasks/tasksmenu.cpp I noticed lines like this QRect iconRect(QStyle::alignedRect(QApplication::layoutDirection(), ... QRect textRect(QStyle::alignedRect(QApplication::layoutDirection() seems that this case is handled in a wrong way note: -reverse gives wrong directions and should not be used when testing take a look at this http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=165100
Created attachment 32930 [details] tasks as it currentely appear in rtl locale tasks appears to the left they should be to the right task icon should be
In trunk, when I install Arabic language, I choose it, then I restart plasma-desktop and my panel is all reversed as shown in the attached screenshot. K menu is at the far right and config cashew in on far left with Digital clock near it. Task manager is also reversed, icons start from right to left in it.
Created attachment 32931 [details] Panel in Arabic language in trunk 19th April 2009
Created attachment 32933 [details] kde desktop rtl summary
yes but I'm talking about the tasks widget along (not the panel it self) please run LC_ALL=ar_JO.UTF-8 plasmoidviewer tasks or login into a desktop with one or two tasks another thing the text should be on aligned to the right not to the left (even in your screenshot) but it's a great news to know that the panel bug was solved before I report it (could you please point me to the svn commit that solved it)
is this bug still valid for KDE 4.3?
please reopen if this is still a issue
Closing as outdated.