RTL toggle

Name: RTL toggle
Rating: 4.925925925925926 (27 reviews)
Author: aris.magrin

rtl-toggle detects and toggles the language direction ('rtl'/'ltr') of a site.

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RTL Toggle is a Chrome extension designed for developers and users working with multilingual websites, especially those featuring right-to-left (RTL) languages. It automatically detects the language direction on page load by checking the HTML <html> tag's dir attribute. If the page uses an RTL language, the extension's icon badge updates to display "RTL" for quick identification.

Users can also manually toggle the language direction by clicking the extension's icon. This toggles the dir attribute between 'rtl' and 'ltr', allowing developers and testers to visualize site behavior in different text directions without changing the site content. It's an essential tool for seamless web development and testing in multilingual environments, especially for languages like Arabic, Hebrew, and Persian.

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By:

aris.magrin

Users:

10,000

Rating:

4.93

(27)

Version:

1.0.1 Last updated: 2025-02-12

Creation date:

2022-06-13

Risk:

Permissions:

activeTab
scripting

Size:

8.86K

Email:

ar*****@gmail.com

Full description:

Source:

Chrome Web Store

Updated:

16 hours ago

Ranking

# 8,386 ▲ 65

Other rankings

#738 in Developer Tools ▼ 1 #4 in toggle keyword 35 ▼ 1 #291 in script keyword 27 ▼ 19

User reviews

Users praise the RTL Toggle extension for its simplicity, effectiveness, and open-source nature, especially for improving display of right-to-left languages on web pages and apps like ChatGPT. However, multiple users request enhancement features such as customizable tags for toggling, better handling of UI components that do not flip correctly, and an auto-toggle option for consistent RTL direction on page reloads. Overall, it is regarded as a great and useful tool with room for functional improvements.

Pros

Simple and easy to use with a single click toggle for RTL and LTR direction changes.
Effective at properly toggling webpage content direction, especially useful for ChatGPT and Google Translate in RTL languages like Arabic.
Open source, allowing users to access the code and potentially contribute or verify its functionality.
Useful and effective in handling right-to-left language display issues across multiple web pages and applications.

Cons

Lacks customization options such as adding custom HTML tags to be toggled for RTL directionality.
Some pages do not fully respect the RTL toggle, leading to improper flipping of certain UI elements like time selection lists.
No option for automatic or persistent RTL toggling on page refresh or navigation; users have to toggle manually each time.

Recent reviews

great

Mo*****, 2025-06-04

so useful amazing

ZA*****, 2025-02-12

عملکرد خوب تنها با یک بار کلیک روی نماد افزونه همه اجزای صفحه را از راست به چپ میکند سورس برنامه در گیت هاب قابل دسترسی است

Em*****, 2025-01-23

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Extension safety

Risk impact

RTL toggle requires very minimum permissions.

Risk impact analysis details

High Injects scripts into web pages, which may alter or extract site contents, resulting in a substantial risk.

Risk likelihood

RTL toggle has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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