Claude Code RTL — VS Code & Cursor

Fix Hebrew, Arabic and Persian text rendering in the Claude Code extension (VS Code & Cursor).

After patching, Hebrew text in the Claude chat panel renders correctly right-to-left — lists, tables, blockquotes, all of it.

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Install (Windows)

1. Clone the repo

git clone https://github.com/liortesta/claude-code-rtl.git
cd claude-code-rtl

2. Apply the patch

powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File .\patch.ps1

3. Reload VS Code / Cursor

Ctrl+Shift+P → Developer: Reload Window

That's it. Works for both Cursor and VS Code.

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Other commands

# Check if RTL is active
powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File .\patch.ps1 -Status

# Remove RTL and restore original
powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File .\patch.ps1 -Restore

# Auto-reapply after Claude Code updates
powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File .\patch.ps1 -Watch

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How it works

The Claude Code webview uses CSS Modules with hashed class names that change every build. Instead of targeting specific class names, the patch applies unicode-bidi: plaintext to all leaf prose elements (p, li, h1–h6, blockquote, td/th) — the browser's own Unicode Bidi Algorithm handles the rest. Code blocks stay LTR.

The original index.css is backed up with a .crtl-bak suffix. -Restore brings it back exactly.

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License

MIT