wordpress-mobile / wordpress-mobile/WordPress-Android
The template previews are off to the right when choosing a site design in RTL languages
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[Pri] Low
[Type] Bug
i18n
Site Creation
- Dominant language
- Kotlin
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Description
Expected behavior
The templates preview thumbnails are centered for all languages.
Actual behavior
The templates preview thumbnails are not centered for RTL languages.
Steps to reproduce the behavior
- Set the application language to Hebrew or Arabic
- Start the site creation flow
- Navigate till you are on the step to choose the template / design / theme
- Notice that the templates preview thumbnails are aligned to the right.
Previews
| English | Hebrew | Arabic |
|---|---|---|
 |
 |
 |
Tested on Samsung Galaxy S8+, Android 9, WPAndroid 19.7
Discovered while testing #16428
Contributor guide
First steps
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reproducing the issue in the site creation flow with Hebrew or Arabic, then inspect the template/design selection step and its preview layout. Done means the template preview thumbnails remain centered when the application uses an RTL language, while preserving the English layout.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- kotlin
- Domain
- internationalization, mobile
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100