A paragraph, the right way around.
Use Ctrl with right Shift for right-to-left, or right Option with right Shift on laptops. Ctrl with left Shift sets left-to-right. Release both keys to apply.
ctrl + right / left ⇧A little Mac utility. A better writing day.
Two languages.
One keyboard.
Finally, in sync.
Hebrew, Arabic and English belong in the same sentence. Get familiar shortcuts for writing direction and switching languages — right where you type.
Download for MacTry all features free for 14 days. No card required. After the trial, activate a purchased or gift license to keep using the shortcuts.
RTLright / A little change of direction
Your words. The right direction.שלום, hello, مرحباً.
Same keyboard. All your languages.
ctrl + right ⇧
Right to left.Just like that.
Try the direction buttons · A preview of the shortcut
Make yourself at home in the apps you use
OutlookMailWordChromeSafariTextEditNotes
Less switching.
More saying what you mean.
Three small shortcuts that keep your hands on the keyboard and your attention on your words.
A word in English.
Without the detour.
Hold Shift on an RTL keyboard to type lowercase English using QWERTY key positions. Let go to carry on in your original language.
hold ⇧ + a–zNext language.
One familiar shortcut.
Press the left Option and Shift keys, then release both to cycle through your enabled keyboard layouts.
left ⌥ + left ⇧Made for multilingual Macs
Your language.
Your everyday apps.
Temporary English and keyboard switching work across apps in accessible text fields. Paragraph direction is tailored to the apps listed here.
Hebrew · Arabic · Persian · Urdu
Yiddish · Pashto · Sorani · and more
RTL keyboards are detected by their language and script. Individual keyboard layouts and custom editors can behave differently.
| Application | What you can control |
|---|---|
| Outlook & Mail | Message body & subject |
| Chrome & Safari | Supported text fields |
| Word, TextEdit & Notes | Paragraph direction |
Password fields, secure input and editors without accessible text fields are excluded.
A minute to make it yours
Install. Allow. Keep writing.
Lives quietly in your menu bar. Every shortcut can be switched on or off individually.
Move to Applications
Open the downloaded DMG and drag the RTLright icon onto Applications. Then open RTLright from your Applications folder.
Allow access and check
Follow the permission cards in RTLright. The manual-add guide opens below Input Monitoring if needed. Accessibility may also provide keyboard access. After approval, press and release Shift in the check screen. Use Reopen RTLright if input is still missing.
Make it your own
Enable your favorite shortcuts, check permission status or try them in the built-in test field.
The app is available in English, Hebrew and Arabic. It starts in Hebrew in Israel and English elsewhere; you can change the language in settings.
Your words stay on your Mac.
Keyboard handling happens locally. RTLright does not send your writing to a server. Update checks contact rtlright.com to fetch the release feed and download updates. This website uses Google Analytics to measure aggregate traffic and sets no advertising cookies. From version 0.8, first-launch registration also records an anonymous installation ID, IP address and country to choose the initial interface language. Privacy ↗
Make room for both languages.
Updating from 0.13.0 or earlier requires a one-time reinstall. Read the release notes for the steps. Future updates are checked every six hours while running.
Release notes ↗