Implement initial support for RTL languages (#3958)

Co-authored-by: pajlada <rasmus.karlsson@pajlada.com>
fix https://github.com/Chatterino/chatterino2/issues/720

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 - Major: Added support for Twitch's Chat Replies. [Wiki Page](https://wiki.chatterino.com/Features/#message-replies) (#3722, #3989, #4041, #4047, #4055, #4067, #4077, #3905)
 - Major: Added multi-channel searching to search dialog via keyboard shortcut. (Ctrl+Shift+F by default) (#3694, #3875)
 - Major: Added support for emotes and badges from [7TV](https://7tv.app). [Wiki Page](https://wiki.chatterino.com/Third_party_services/#7tv) (#4002, #4062)
+- Major: Added support for Right-to-Left Languages (#3958)
 - Minor: Allow hiding moderation actions in streamer mode. (#3926)
 - Minor: Added highlights for `Elevated Messages`. (#4016)
 - Minor: Removed total views from the usercard, as Twitch no longer updates the number. (#3792)

src/messages/MessageElement.cpp

@@ -473,6 +473,7 @@ void SingleLineTextElement::addToContainer(MessageLayoutContainer &container,
         // once we encounter an emote or reach the end of the message text. */
         QString currentText;
 
+        container.first = FirstWord::Neutral;
         for (Word &word : this->words_)
         {
             auto parsedWords = app->emotes->emojis.parse(word.text);

src/messages/layouts/MessageLayoutContainer.cpp

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include "singletons/Fonts.hpp"
 #include "singletons/Settings.hpp"
 #include "singletons/Theme.hpp"
+#include "util/Helpers.hpp"
 
 #include <QDebug>
 #include <QPainter>
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@ bool MessageLayoutContainer::canAddElements()
 }
 
 void MessageLayoutContainer::_addElement(MessageLayoutElement *element,
-                                         bool forceAdd)
+                                         bool forceAdd, int prevIndex)
 {
     if (!this->canAddElements() && !forceAdd)
     {
@@ -96,15 +97,19 @@ void MessageLayoutContainer::_addElement(MessageLayoutElement *element,
         return;
     }
 
+    bool isRTLMode = this->first == FirstWord::RTL && prevIndex != -2;
+    bool isAddingMode = prevIndex == -2;
+
     // This lambda contains the logic for when to step one 'space width' back for compact x emotes
-    auto shouldRemoveSpaceBetweenEmotes = [this]() -> bool {
+    auto shouldRemoveSpaceBetweenEmotes = [this, prevIndex]() -> bool {
-        if (this->elements_.empty())
+        if (prevIndex == -1 || this->elements_.empty())
         {
             // No previous element found
             return false;
         }
 
-        const auto &lastElement = this->elements_.back();
+        const auto &lastElement = prevIndex == -2 ? this->elements_.back()
+                                                  : this->elements_[prevIndex];
 
         if (!lastElement)
         {
@@ -127,6 +132,26 @@ void MessageLayoutContainer::_addElement(MessageLayoutElement *element,
         return lastElement->getFlags().has(MessageElementFlag::EmoteImages);
     };
 
+    if (element->getText().isRightToLeft())
+    {
+        this->containsRTL = true;
+    }
+
+    // check the first non-neutral word to see if we should render RTL or LTR
+    if (isAddingMode && this->first == FirstWord::Neutral &&
+        element->getFlags().has(MessageElementFlag::Text) &&
+        !element->getFlags().has(MessageElementFlag::RepliedMessage))
+    {
+        if (element->getText().isRightToLeft())
+        {
+            this->first = FirstWord::RTL;
+        }
+        else if (!isNeutral(element->getText()))
+        {
+            this->first = FirstWord::LTR;
+        }
+    }
+
     // top margin
     if (this->elements_.size() == 0)
     {
@@ -152,7 +177,7 @@ void MessageLayoutContainer::_addElement(MessageLayoutElement *element,
     bool isZeroWidthEmote = element->getCreator().getFlags().has(
         MessageElementFlag::ZeroWidthEmote);
 
-    if (isZeroWidthEmote)
+    if (isZeroWidthEmote && !isRTLMode)
     {
         xOffset -= element->getRect().width() + this->spaceWidth_;
     }
@@ -171,9 +196,23 @@ void MessageLayoutContainer::_addElement(MessageLayoutElement *element,
         element->getFlags().hasAny({MessageElementFlag::EmoteImages}) &&
         !isZeroWidthEmote && shouldRemoveSpaceBetweenEmotes())
     {
-        // Move cursor one 'space width' to the left to combine hug the previous emote
+        // Move cursor one 'space width' to the left (right in case of RTL) to combine hug the previous emote
+        if (isRTLMode)
+        {
+            this->currentX_ += this->spaceWidth_;
+        }
+        else
+        {
             this->currentX_ -= this->spaceWidth_;
         }
+    }
+
+    if (isRTLMode)
+    {
+        // shift by width since we are calculating according to top right in RTL mode
+        // but setPosition wants top left
+        xOffset -= element->getRect().width();
+    }
 
     // set move element
     element->setPosition(
@@ -183,22 +222,138 @@ void MessageLayoutContainer::_addElement(MessageLayoutElement *element,
     element->setLine(this->line_);
 
     // add element
-    this->elements_.push_back(std::unique_ptr<MessageLayoutElement>(element));
+    if (isAddingMode)
+    {
+        this->elements_.push_back(
+            std::unique_ptr<MessageLayoutElement>(element));
+    }
 
     // set current x
     if (!isZeroWidthEmote)
+    {
+        if (isRTLMode)
+        {
+            this->currentX_ -= element->getRect().width();
+        }
+        else
         {
             this->currentX_ += element->getRect().width();
         }
+    }
 
     if (element->hasTrailingSpace())
+    {
+        if (isRTLMode)
+        {
+            this->currentX_ -= this->spaceWidth_;
+        }
+        else
         {
             this->currentX_ += this->spaceWidth_;
         }
+    }
+}
+
+void MessageLayoutContainer::reorderRTL(int firstTextIndex)
+{
+    if (this->elements_.empty())
+    {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    int startIndex = static_cast<int>(this->lineStart_);
+    int endIndex = static_cast<int>(this->elements_.size()) - 1;
+
+    if (firstTextIndex >= endIndex)
+    {
+        return;
+    }
+    startIndex = std::max(startIndex, firstTextIndex);
+
+    std::vector<int> correctSequence;
+    std::stack<int> swappedSequence;
+    bool wasPrevReversed = false;
+
+    // we reverse a sequence of words if it's opposite to the text direction
+    // the second condition below covers the possible three cases:
+    // 1 - if we are in RTL mode (first non-neutral word is RTL)
+    // we render RTL, reversing LTR sequences,
+    // 2 - if we are in LTR mode (first non-neautral word is LTR or all wrods are neutral)
+    // we render LTR, reversing RTL sequences
+    // 3 - neutral words follow previous words, we reverse a neutral word when the previous word was reversed
+
+    // the first condition checks if a neutral word is treated as a RTL word
+    // this is used later to add an invisible Arabic letter to fix orentation
+    // this can happen in two cases:
+    // 1 - in RTL mode, the previous word should be RTL (i.e. not reversed)
+    // 2 - in LTR mode, the previous word should be RTL (i.e. reversed)
+    for (int i = startIndex; i <= endIndex; i++)
+    {
+        if (isNeutral(this->elements_[i]->getText()) &&
+            ((this->first == FirstWord::RTL && !wasPrevReversed) ||
+             (this->first == FirstWord::LTR && wasPrevReversed)))
+        {
+            this->elements_[i]->reversedNeutral = true;
+        }
+        if (((this->elements_[i]->getText().isRightToLeft() !=
+              (this->first == FirstWord::RTL)) &&
+             !isNeutral(this->elements_[i]->getText())) ||
+            (isNeutral(this->elements_[i]->getText()) && wasPrevReversed))
+        {
+            swappedSequence.push(i);
+            wasPrevReversed = true;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            while (!swappedSequence.empty())
+            {
+                correctSequence.push_back(swappedSequence.top());
+                swappedSequence.pop();
+            }
+            correctSequence.push_back(i);
+            wasPrevReversed = false;
+        }
+    }
+    while (!swappedSequence.empty())
+    {
+        correctSequence.push_back(swappedSequence.top());
+        swappedSequence.pop();
+    }
+
+    // render right to left if we are in RTL mode, otherwise LTR
+    if (this->first == FirstWord::RTL)
+    {
+        this->currentX_ = this->elements_[endIndex]->getRect().right();
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        this->currentX_ = this->elements_[startIndex]->getRect().left();
+    }
+    // manually do the first call with -1 as previous index
+    this->_addElement(this->elements_[correctSequence[0]].get(), false, -1);
+
+    for (int i = 1; i < correctSequence.size(); i++)
+    {
+        this->_addElement(this->elements_[correctSequence[i]].get(), false,
+                          correctSequence[i - 1]);
+    }
 }
 
 void MessageLayoutContainer::breakLine()
 {
+    if (this->containsRTL)
+    {
+        for (int i = 0; i < this->elements_.size(); i++)
+        {
+            if (this->elements_[i]->getFlags().has(
+                    MessageElementFlag::Username))
+            {
+                this->reorderRTL(i + 1);
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     int xOffset = 0;
 
     if (this->flags_.has(MessageFlag::Centered) && this->elements_.size() > 0)

src/messages/layouts/MessageLayoutContainer.hpp

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ class QPainter;
 namespace chatterino {
 
 enum class MessageFlag : int64_t;
+enum class FirstWord { Neutral, RTL, LTR };
 using MessageFlags = FlagsEnum<MessageFlag>;
 
 struct Margin {
@@ -45,6 +46,9 @@ struct Margin {
 struct MessageLayoutContainer {
     MessageLayoutContainer() = default;
 
+    FirstWord first = FirstWord::Neutral;
+    bool containsRTL = false;
+
     int getHeight() const;
     int getWidth() const;
     float getScale() const;
@@ -60,6 +64,11 @@ struct MessageLayoutContainer {
     void breakLine();
     bool atStartOfLine();
     bool fitsInLine(int width_);
+    // this method is called when a message has an RTL word
+    // we need to reorder the words to be shown properly
+    // however we don't we to reorder non-text elements like badges, timestamps, username
+    // firstTextIndex is the index of the first text element that we need to start the reordering from
+    void reorderRTL(int firstTextIndex);
     MessageLayoutElement *getElementAt(QPoint point);
 
     // painting
@@ -86,7 +95,18 @@ private:
     };
 
     // helpers
-    void _addElement(MessageLayoutElement *element, bool forceAdd = false);
+    /*
+    _addElement is called at two stages. first stage is the normal one where we want to add message layout elements to the container.
+    If we detect an RTL word in the message, reorderRTL will be called, which is the second stage, where we call _addElement
+    again for each layout element, but in the correct order this time, without adding the elemnt to the this->element_ vector.
+    Due to compact emote logic, we need the previous element to check if we should change the spacing or not.
+    in stage one, this is simply elements_.back(), but in stage 2 that's not the case due to the reordering, and we need to pass the 
+    index of the reordered previous element. 
+    In stage one we don't need that and we pass -2 to indicate stage one (i.e. adding mode)
+    In stage two, we pass -1 for the first element, and the index of the oredered privous element for the rest.
+    */
+    void _addElement(MessageLayoutElement *element, bool forceAdd = false,
+                     int prevIndex = -2);
     bool canCollapse();
 
     const Margin margin = {4, 8, 4, 8};

src/messages/layouts/MessageLayoutElement.cpp

@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@
 #include <QPainter>
 #include <QPainterPath>
 
+namespace {
+
+const QChar RTL_MARK(0x200F);
+
+}  // namespace
+
 namespace chatterino {
 
 const QRect &MessageLayoutElement::getRect() const
@@ -286,14 +292,20 @@ int TextLayoutElement::getSelectionIndexCount() const
 void TextLayoutElement::paint(QPainter &painter)
 {
     auto app = getApp();
+    QString text = this->getText();
+    if (text.isRightToLeft() || this->reversedNeutral)
+    {
+        text.prepend(RTL_MARK);
+        text.append(RTL_MARK);
+    }
 
     painter.setPen(this->color_);
 
     painter.setFont(app->fonts->getFont(this->style_, this->scale_));
 
     painter.drawText(
-        QRectF(this->getRect().x(), this->getRect().y(), 10000, 10000),
+        QRectF(this->getRect().x(), this->getRect().y(), 10000, 10000), text,
-        this->getText(), QTextOption(Qt::AlignLeft | Qt::AlignTop));
+        QTextOption(Qt::AlignLeft | Qt::AlignTop));
 }
 
 void TextLayoutElement::paintAnimated(QPainter &, int)

src/messages/layouts/MessageLayoutElement.hpp

@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ public:
     MessageLayoutElement(MessageElement &creator_, const QSize &size);
     virtual ~MessageLayoutElement();
 
+    bool reversedNeutral = false;
+
     const QRect &getRect() const;
     MessageElement &getCreator() const;
     void setPosition(QPoint point);

src/util/Helpers.cpp

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 #include <QDirIterator>
 #include <QLocale>
+#include <QRegularExpression>
 #include <QUuid>
 
 namespace chatterino {
@@ -123,6 +124,13 @@ bool startsWithOrContains(const QString &str1, const QString &str2,
     return str1.contains(str2, caseSensitivity);
 }
 
+bool isNeutral(const QString &s)
+{
+    static const QRegularExpression re("\\p{L}");
+    const QRegularExpressionMatch match = re.match(s);
+    return !match.hasMatch();
+}
+
 QString generateUuid()
 {
     auto uuid = QUuid::createUuid();

src/util/Helpers.hpp

@@ -57,6 +57,11 @@ namespace _helpers_internal {
 bool startsWithOrContains(const QString &str1, const QString &str2,
                           Qt::CaseSensitivity caseSensitivity, bool startsWith);
 
+/**
+ * @brief isNeutral checks if the string doesn't contain any character in the unicode "letter" category
+ * i.e. if the string contains only neutral characters.
+ **/
+bool isNeutral(const QString &s);
 QString generateUuid();
 
 QString formatRichLink(const QString &url, bool file = false);