
Mohammad worked on localization and right-to-left (RTL) improvements for the AFFiNE repository, focusing on internationalization to support Arabic, Persian, and Urdu users. He implemented automatic RTL layout and integrated complete Arabic translations using JSON, ensuring 100% key coverage. Mohammad refined locale-driven UI direction and language attributes, moving language and direction handling earlier in the React render flow and removing hardcoded values from the HTML template. He also enhanced the date-picker to correctly render weekday and month names with both ASCII and Arabic comma separators. This work deepened AFFiNE’s localization capabilities and improved onboarding for non-English users.
March 2026: Localization and RTL (Right-to-Left) improvements for AFFiNE, with a strong emphasis on internationalization (i18n) to support global users. Implemented automatic RTL layout for Arabic, Persian, and Urdu, integrated complete Arabic translations (ar.json) with 100% key coverage, and refined locale-driven UI direction and language attributes. Fixed date-picker localization to correctly render weekday and month names when Arabic comma separators are used. Refactored i18n handling to apply language and direction earlier in the render flow and removed hardcoded language attributes from the HTML template.
March 2026: Localization and RTL (Right-to-Left) improvements for AFFiNE, with a strong emphasis on internationalization (i18n) to support global users. Implemented automatic RTL layout for Arabic, Persian, and Urdu, integrated complete Arabic translations (ar.json) with 100% key coverage, and refined locale-driven UI direction and language attributes. Fixed date-picker localization to correctly render weekday and month names when Arabic comma separators are used. Refactored i18n handling to apply language and direction earlier in the render flow and removed hardcoded language attributes from the HTML template.

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