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I hate to have to ask this but... I've seemed to accidentally hit a couple hot-keys and my Notepad is now showing text from Right-to-Left. What was the hot-key combo and what can I do to reverse it back to Left-to-Right?
RLH
Posted 2011-08-09T19:08:52.743
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Right click anywhere in notepad and uncheck right-to-left reading
Greg
Posted 2011-08-09T19:08:52.743
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Hotkey combo:
to write text from Right to Left, try Ctrl + Right Shift
to write text from Left to Right, try Ctrl + Left Shift
Or simply open Notepad again ;)
Technext
Posted 2011-08-09T19:08:52.743
Reputation: 317
3What a stupid short-cut, that can be easily hit by accident – Coops – 2015-04-28T09:59:41.057
1You can prevent accidents with AutoHotkey: just add this line to a .ahk file and run it: ^RShift::return. This will completely disable the hotkey in all programs including Notepad. – Gogowitsch – 2015-06-04T19:30:16.997
I was excited by your autohotkey workaround, @gogowitsch. However I've found that it breaks ctrl+RShift+arrow for word highlighting, which I do a lot. I'm no AHK expert, anyone know how to tweak it to not have that problem? – Daryn – 2017-03-23T19:05:45.567
2Okay I've found what seems to work for me. Instead of swallowing ctrl + RShift and that messing up select-word shortcut, map RShift to be LShift so I never get RTL by mistake. RShift::LShift – Daryn – 2017-03-23T19:22:02.820
this really should be the answer to this specific question. – Abdul-Kareem Abdul-Rahman – 2018-10-18T16:49:05.053
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Try the following shortcuts:
Ctrl+Alt+R
Ctrl+Alt+L
Ddd
Posted 2011-08-09T19:08:52.743
Reputation: 79
Its works on windows 7 – EsmaeelE – 2019-02-06T11:07:36.287
It works in Windows 10 too. – cdlvcdlv – 2019-08-17T11:26:32.523
4Those do nothing for me – Der Hochstapler – 2012-10-09T15:13:42.397
1These work in Notepad++ for changing LTR and RTL, maybe in other windows apps too? – n611x007 – 2013-04-26T15:47:21.770
2Works for me in Notepad++. None of the other answers worked... – Meir – 2013-09-02T09:15:25.487
1Hooray for standards! – Ekevoo – 2014-01-27T19:15:40.413
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You can simply use the "View" menu
(when shortcuts fail due to some conflicts)
P-S
Posted 2011-08-09T19:08:52.743
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As some may have been confused by the "specificity" of the Answer regarding the French version of Windows, and in keeping with the OP's actual question (and circumstance) the answer is as follows:
"Accidentally" 'hitting a couple of Hot Keys' causing the text to be Right Justified in Windows 7 Notepad was accomplished not by a "Hot Key" combination, (as some had suggested as CTRL-RShift or CTRL-Alt-R) but instead by using the Keyboard EQUIVALENT of [Right Click] & [Check]ing "Right to left Reading order".
This "accidental" keyboard sequence was [Menu Key] then [R].
To set things aright (using the keyboard, for the old-school typists), the sequence must repeated, i.e. [Menu Key] then [R].
To put out any "flames", let me reiterate; These steps are identical to the "Mouse-Centric" answer above, but in keeping with the OP's stated cause & problem.
oldITgeek
Posted 2011-08-09T19:08:52.743
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To toggle between right and left text :
strike the "menu" key (beside the space bar) - so you can see many options, with shortcuts underlined, like "Lecture de droite à gauche" in French
strike the "L" key - in french version of Notepad - or an other letter if you have english or other language version
Brett.fr
Posted 2011-08-09T19:08:52.743
Reputation: 1
So you have translated accepted answer to keyboard? I think it should be a comment. – gronostaj – 2014-08-08T12:27:30.057
I have a french version of win7, who is released with a french version of Notepad. Shortly, in the french version of Notepad, strike successively "menu" key and "L" key to toggle between right and left text. You can easily find what is the second key to strike if you have an english version, isn't ? – Brett.fr – 2014-08-08T16:22:56.687
Yeah, I get what you mean, but it's basically the accepted answer with keypresses instead of clicks. Everyone who can use a keyboard efficiently would figure it out from the accepted answer. I don't think it's enough to post a separate answer. – gronostaj – 2014-08-08T16:58:11.343
Sorry if my response was obvious for all. – Brett.fr – 2014-08-08T20:24:52.643
1Wow... I've never noticed that. Just for curiosity, do you know the hot-key equivelent? – RLH – 2011-08-09T19:17:53.697
7@RLH It is apparently Right or Left Ctrl+Shift depending on which direction you want it, but it doesn't work for me – Greg – 2011-08-09T19:30:07.530