Labels: textDirection does nothing

[teodorachiosa]

Expected behavior

From what I understand from the documentation, it should force right to left or left to right text direction for the legend.

  /**
   * This will force the text direction 'rtl' or 'ltr' on the canvas for rendering the legend, regardless of the css specified on the canvas
   * @default canvas's default
   */
  textDirection: string;

Current behavior

Nothing happens when textDirection is set. Or maybe I'm not looking for the right result... In that case I wish there was a demo of what this property does on the demo site of Chart.js.

The boolean rtl property is working well though.

Reproducible sample

https://codepen.io/teodorachiosa/pen/RwmZmWR

Optional extra steps/info to reproduce

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Possible solution

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Context

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chart.js version

4.4.2

Browser name and version

Chrome 125.0.6422.147

Link to your project

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[adrianbrs]

Hi @teodorachiosa! The textDirection option sets the canvas' direction property.

As shown in the example below, it's working as expected: "Hello, World!" becomes "!Hello, World" in RTL mode. https://codepen.io/adrianbrs/pen/MYYmQOM