[Bug]: Weird red boxes around certain letters in RTL language #4952
Is there an existing issue for this?
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Steps to ReproduceWhen writing code/strings in Persian (an RTL language using Perso-arabic alphabet), I see red boxes around certain letters. These boxes appear for both light and dark themes, and various fonts that I checked. See the image below for an example.
Any idea where this comes from? ExpectedPersian text rendered the same way as English text. ActualThere are red boxes around certain letters in text. You can try this text in the editor (e.g. Python). LogsNo response Screenshot/VideoNo response Does this issue happen in VS Code?
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Replies: 3 comments 5 replies
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No idea what this could be. Moved to a Q and A since the bug report is incomplete. If you can provide repro steps, happy to try locally |
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To reproduce, you can just create a new file or open an existing one, and write this line in it: |
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Hmm... Urdu/Arabic, eh? Could be settings, there was another discussion with Russian about this. |
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Urdu and Arabic use (almost) the same writing system, yes. |
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Try checking the settings for characters. I'll post the Russian language issue here, one min... |
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Could be ambiguous chars: #4720 |
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Many thanks. That was indeed the case, although for me it was invisible characters, not ambiguous ones. By the way, there is a pretty painful RTL support, FYI, but I suspect it is VSCode's fault, not the code server. Many thanks for the great effort, again. |
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Thanks 😁 |
Could be ambiguous chars: #4720
Guess that'd resolve this.