﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><channel><title>Millisecond Forums » Millisecond Forums » Inquisit 5  » Instructions from right to left instead of left to right</title><generator>InstantForum 2017-1 Final</generator><description>Millisecond Forums</description><link>https://forums.millisecond.com/</link><webMaster>Millisecond Forums</webMaster><lastBuildDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2026 01:12:44 GMT</lastBuildDate><ttl>20</ttl><item><title>Instructions from right to left instead of left to right</title><link>https://forums.millisecond.com/Topic22499.aspx</link><description>&lt;br/&gt;Hello,&lt;br/&gt;I would like to have the instructions page in arabic and therefore they need to be aligned on the right.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;nbsp;Currently, the instructions before each block are:&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;item instructions&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;/1= "Put your right finger on the 'I' response key for items that belong to the category '&amp;lt;%expressions.leftTarget%&amp;gt;'. &lt;br/&gt;Put your left finger on the 'E' response key for items that belong to the category '&amp;lt;%expressions.rightTarget%&amp;gt;'.&lt;br/&gt;~nItems will appear one-by-one in the middle of the screen.&lt;br/&gt;~nIf you make an error, a red X will appear - to continue, press the other response key.&lt;br/&gt;~nGo as fast as you can while making as few errors as possible."&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;but of course they read left to right and are aligned on the left. When I translate them into arabic the would need to be aligned on the right. Is there a way that I could change the alignment?&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Thank you very much in advance I appreciate your help.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 15 Sep 2017 11:01:14 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>amey1</dc:creator></item><item><title>RE: Instructions from right to left instead of left to right</title><link>https://forums.millisecond.com/Topic22501.aspx</link><description>&lt;div data-id="22500" class="if-quote-wrapper" unselectable="on" data-guid="1505498440259"&gt;&lt;a class="quote-para" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="22500" title="Move Cursor Below" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="quote-delete" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="22500" title="Delete Quote" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;x&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-header" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-toggle-wrapper"&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-toggle quote-link" href="#" data-id="22500" title=" "&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[b]&lt;/span&gt;Dave - Friday, September 15, 2017&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[/b]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message if-quote-message-22500"&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message-margin"&gt;&lt;div data-id="22499" class="if-quote-wrapper" unselectable="on" data-guid="1505498440259"&gt;&lt;a class="quote-para" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="22499" title="Move Cursor Below" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="quote-delete" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="22499" title="Delete Quote" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;x&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-header" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-toggle-wrapper"&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-toggle quote-link" href="#" data-id="22499" title=" "&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[b]&lt;/span&gt;amey1 - Friday, September 15, 2017&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[/b]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message if-quote-message-22499"&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message-margin"&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Hello,&lt;br/&gt;I would like to have the instructions page in arabic and therefore they need to be aligned on the right.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;nbsp;Currently, the instructions before each block are:&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;item instructions&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;/1= "Put your right finger on the 'I' response key for items that belong to the category '&amp;lt;%expressions.leftTarget%&amp;gt;'. &lt;br/&gt;Put your left finger on the 'E' response key for items that belong to the category '&amp;lt;%expressions.rightTarget%&amp;gt;'.&lt;br/&gt;~nItems will appear one-by-one in the middle of the screen.&lt;br/&gt;~nIf you make an error, a red X will appear - to continue, press the other response key.&lt;br/&gt;~nGo as fast as you can while making as few errors as possible."&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;but of course they read left to right and are aligned on the left. When I translate them into arabic the would need to be aligned on the right. Is there a way that I could change the alignment?&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Thank you very much in advance I appreciate your help.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-goto quote-link" href="#" data-id="22499"&gt;&lt;span class="goto"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="quote-markup"&gt;[/quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;You should be able to simply enter the Arabic text and it should be displayed correctly (right to left) on systems with Arabic language settings. You can also -- or in addition -- force right-to-left display via the &amp;lt;defaults&amp;gt; element's /bidirectional attribute:&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;defaults &amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;/ bidirectional = true&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;/defaults&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Example:&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;defaults &amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;/ bidirectional = true&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;/defaults&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;text mytext&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;/ items = myitems&lt;br/&gt;/ size = (90%, 90%)&lt;br/&gt;/ txbgcolor = lightgrey&lt;br/&gt;/ hjustify = left&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;/text&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;item myitems&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;/ 1 = "ن أوضح لك أن كل هذه الأفكار المغلوطة حول استنكار&amp;nbsp; النشوة وتمجيد الألم نشأت بالفعل، وسأعرض لك التفاصيل لتكتشف حقيقة وأساس تلك السعادة البشرية، فلا أحد يرفض أو يكره أو يتجنب الشعور بالسعادة، ولكن بفضل هؤلاء الأشخاص الذين لا يدركون بأن السعادة لا بد أن نستشعرها بصورة أكثر عقلانية ومنطقية فيعرضهم هذا لمواجهة الظروف الأليمة، وأكرر بأنه لا يوجد من يرغب في الحب ونيل المنال ويتلذذ بالآلام، الألم هو الألم ولكن نتيجة لظروف ما قد تكمن السعاده فيما نتحمله من كد وأسي.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;و سأعرض مثال حي لهذا، من منا لم يتحمل جهد بدني شاق إلا من أجل الحصول على ميزة أو فائدة؟ ولكن من لديه الحق أن ينتقد شخص ما أراد أن يشعر بالسعادة التي لا تشوبها عواقب أليمة أو آخر أراد أن يتجنب الألم الذي ربما تنجم عنه بعض المتعة ؟ &lt;br/&gt;علي الجانب الآخر نشجب ونستنكر هؤلاء الرجال المفتونون بنشوة اللحظة الهائمون في رغباتهم فلا يدركون ما يعقبها من الألم والأسي المحتم، واللوم كذلك يشمل هؤلاء الذين أخفقوا في واجباتهم نتيجة لضعف إرادتهم فيتساوي مع هؤلاء الذين يتجنبون وينأون عن تحمل الكدح والألم ."&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;/item&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;trial mytrial&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;/ stimulusframes = [1=mytext]&lt;br/&gt;/ validresponse = (57)&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;/trial&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;block myblock&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;/ trials = [1=mytrial]&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;/block&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-goto quote-link" href="#" data-id="22500"&gt;&lt;span class="goto"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="quote-markup"&gt;[/quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Dear Dave. Thank you very much for your prompt reply! I will try it right away.</description><pubDate>Fri, 15 Sep 2017 11:01:14 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>amey1</dc:creator></item><item><title>RE: Instructions from right to left instead of left to right</title><link>https://forums.millisecond.com/Topic22500.aspx</link><description>&lt;div data-id="22499" class="if-quote-wrapper" unselectable="on" data-guid="1505497561885"&gt;&lt;a class="quote-para" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="22499" title="Move Cursor Below" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="quote-delete" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="22499" title="Delete Quote" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;x&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-header" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-toggle-wrapper"&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-toggle quote-link" href="#" data-id="22499" title=" "&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[b]&lt;/span&gt;amey1 - Friday, September 15, 2017&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[/b]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message if-quote-message-22499"&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message-margin"&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Hello,&lt;br/&gt;I would like to have the instructions page in arabic and therefore they need to be aligned on the right.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;nbsp;Currently, the instructions before each block are:&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;item instructions&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;/1= "Put your right finger on the 'I' response key for items that belong to the category '&amp;lt;%expressions.leftTarget%&amp;gt;'. &lt;br/&gt;Put your left finger on the 'E' response key for items that belong to the category '&amp;lt;%expressions.rightTarget%&amp;gt;'.&lt;br/&gt;~nItems will appear one-by-one in the middle of the screen.&lt;br/&gt;~nIf you make an error, a red X will appear - to continue, press the other response key.&lt;br/&gt;~nGo as fast as you can while making as few errors as possible."&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;but of course they read left to right and are aligned on the left. When I translate them into arabic the would need to be aligned on the right. Is there a way that I could change the alignment?&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Thank you very much in advance I appreciate your help.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-goto quote-link" href="#" data-id="22499"&gt;&lt;span class="goto"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="quote-markup"&gt;[/quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;You should be able to simply enter the Arabic text and it should be displayed correctly (right to left) on systems with Arabic language settings. You can also -- or in addition -- force right-to-left display via the &amp;lt;defaults&amp;gt; element's /bidirectional attribute:&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;defaults &amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;/ bidirectional = true&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;/defaults&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Example:&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;defaults &amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;/ bidirectional = true&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;/defaults&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;text mytext&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;/ items = myitems&lt;br/&gt;/ size = (90%, 90%)&lt;br/&gt;/ txbgcolor = lightgrey&lt;br/&gt;/ hjustify = left&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;/text&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;item myitems&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;/ 1 = "ن أوضح لك أن كل هذه الأفكار المغلوطة حول استنكار&amp;nbsp; النشوة وتمجيد الألم نشأت بالفعل، وسأعرض لك التفاصيل لتكتشف حقيقة وأساس تلك السعادة البشرية، فلا أحد يرفض أو يكره أو يتجنب الشعور بالسعادة، ولكن بفضل هؤلاء الأشخاص الذين لا يدركون بأن السعادة لا بد أن نستشعرها بصورة أكثر عقلانية ومنطقية فيعرضهم هذا لمواجهة الظروف الأليمة، وأكرر بأنه لا يوجد من يرغب في الحب ونيل المنال ويتلذذ بالآلام، الألم هو الألم ولكن نتيجة لظروف ما قد تكمن السعاده فيما نتحمله من كد وأسي.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;و سأعرض مثال حي لهذا، من منا لم يتحمل جهد بدني شاق إلا من أجل الحصول على ميزة أو فائدة؟ ولكن من لديه الحق أن ينتقد شخص ما أراد أن يشعر بالسعادة التي لا تشوبها عواقب أليمة أو آخر أراد أن يتجنب الألم الذي ربما تنجم عنه بعض المتعة ؟ &lt;br/&gt;علي الجانب الآخر نشجب ونستنكر هؤلاء الرجال المفتونون بنشوة اللحظة الهائمون في رغباتهم فلا يدركون ما يعقبها من الألم والأسي المحتم، واللوم كذلك يشمل هؤلاء الذين أخفقوا في واجباتهم نتيجة لضعف إرادتهم فيتساوي مع هؤلاء الذين يتجنبون وينأون عن تحمل الكدح والألم ."&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;/item&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;trial mytrial&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;/ stimulusframes = [1=mytext]&lt;br/&gt;/ validresponse = (57)&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;/trial&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;block myblock&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;/ trials = [1=mytrial]&lt;br/&gt;&amp;lt;/block&amp;gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 15 Sep 2017 10:56:12 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>