support RTL

[adardesign]

Support RTL (right to left)
and the answers shouldn't require ABCD but any language based on the column location

Thanks so much

[BugManL]

Maybe it can help you.

[sherlock2215]

Heyy, can i get assigned to this?

[Udayraj123]

@sherlock2215 can you please share a basic approach you'll use, I'll assign it to you no issues

[EricSoOSU]

Hello Udayraj123, I am a first time contributor but I wanted to take an attempt at trying to implement a solution. At this point, would you just need a general, high level approach summary for me to be assigned to this enhancement?

[Udayraj123]

@EricSoOSU thanks for showing interest. For assigning the task, I just need clarity on what you're planning to do so that your effort is not wasted in some direction which could be discussed at start

[EricSoOSU]

Thanks for the reply! Apologies in advanced if there are some beginner mistakes in my approach but I was thinking to create an optional 'readingDirection' property in 'fieldBlocks'. This would be a default LTR but when set to RTL, the bubble value mapping would be reversed so that the rightmost bubble is the first index in 'bubbleValues'.

This would involve updating the 'template_schema.py' for the new 'readingDirection'. Also in 'template.py', the 'setup_field_block()' and 'generate_bubble_grid()' functions would be updated to handle the new readingDirection property and reverse the list before generating (respectively).
Something like:
if readingDirection == "rtl":
bubble_values = list(reversed(bubble_values))

I am still learning so any feedback would be greatly appreciated before assignment!

[EricSoOSU]

Hello @Udayraj123! Just a friendly follow up / check in! I was wondering if this was a valid approach or if there was something I may have overlooked.

[Udayraj123]

@EricSoOSU my bad I somehow missed clicking send previously. I thought about this and adding a new schema flag is not needed as it'll become an additional overhead. Instead in the one time setup users can define their own RTL fields.
Since number of built-in fields is very less, I think we should -

• Go forward with adding what @BugManL has suggested. You can add two built-in RTL fields QTYPE_MCQ4_RTL and QTYPE_MCQ5_RTL.
• Add a new sample that shows people how to add a custom field with reversed bubble values manually.

[EricSoOSU]

Hello @Udayraj123, that definitely sounds more direct and doable to me! In terms of workflow, would you require the full proposal/pull request before the official assignment?

[Udayraj123]

@EricSoOSU I'm assigning you the task now since it's clear on what needs to be done. Please prefer reaching out over discord for quicker responses for further queries.

[keerthanaa2027-cloud]

Hi ,i'd like to work on this -can you assign it to mee?