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Flip Directional Icons in Right-to-Left Languages

Mirrors arrows, chevrons and other directional icons when the page is right-to-left, so "next" and "back" point the right way in Arabic, Hebrew and Persian.

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Code

[dir="rtl"] .icon-arrow-right,
[dir="rtl"] .icon-arrow-left,
[dir="rtl"] .icon-chevron-right,
[dir="rtl"] .icon-chevron-left,
[dir="rtl"] .wp-block-post-navigation-link .wp-block-post-navigation-link__arrow-next,
[dir="rtl"] .wp-block-post-navigation-link .wp-block-post-navigation-link__arrow-previous,
[dir="rtl"] .wp-block-query-pagination-next-arrow,
[dir="rtl"] .wp-block-query-pagination-previous-arrow,
[dir="rtl"] .flip-in-rtl {
    display: inline-block;
    transform: scaleX(-1);
}

Notes

Add your theme's icon classes to the selector list; logos and clocks should not be flipped.

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