Bug 457448

Summary:	When copying and pasting Arabic from a PDF file, the text reverse direction
Product:	[Applications] okular	Reporter:	Ali <overman.supermundane>
Component:	PDF backend	Assignee:	Okular developers <okular-devel>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	normal	CC:	aacid
Priority:	NOR
Version:	22.04.1
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Microsoft Windows
OS:	Microsoft Windows
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Attachments:	When copying and pasting Arabic from a PDF file, the text reverse direction

Description Ali 2022-08-03 14:13:21 UTC

Created attachment 151090 [details]
When copying and pasting Arabic from a PDF file, the text reverse direction

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
When copying and pasting Arabic from a PDF file, the text reverse direction
OS MS Windows 11

Comment 1 Albert Astals Cid 2022-08-03 22:26:58 UTC

As a workaround there's a config option that sets the reading mode to be RTL that i think does that, but i understand it's a pain to have to change it for each document

Comment 2 Laura David Hurka 2022-08-05 14:37:32 UTC

This config option can be added to the toolbar, but it does not affect text, only page layout in Facing Pages mode.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 207748 ***