# Pull Request Template
## Description
This PR includes the following improvements:
* **Popular Articles Locale Selection based on Widget Locale**
* Implements priority-based locale matching:
* Exact locale match (e.g., "fr" === "fr")
* Base language match (e.g., "fr" when selected is "fr_CA")
* Variant match (e.g., "fr_BE" when selected is "fr")
* Removes default locale fallback - if no locale match is found, popular
articles section is hidden.
* Fixed **API** filter issue where the locale parameter was previously
ignored
* Hides Popular Articles section completely when no locale match is
found and Only shows relevant articles in the user's language
* **RTL Direction Handling Improvements**
* Now directly reads the `lang` attribute from HTML element `<html
lang="en">` instead of relying on `.locale-switcher` and sets direction
attribute based on language.
* Adds `data-dir-applied` attribute to prevent overlapping direction
settings between global helpers and components (eg case: Insert article
in editor dashboard)
* Update `IframeLoader.vue` to Composition API and improve the **dir**
logic
Fixes
1.
[CW-4505](https://linear.app/chatwoot/issue/CW-4505/popular-articles-not-displayed-based-on-user-locale-in-live-chat),
https://github.com/chatwoot/chatwoot/issues/11745
2. RTL direction is not working in widget article view after merging
this PR https://github.com/chatwoot/chatwoot/pull/11692
## Type of change
- [x] Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)
- [x] New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
## How Has This Been Tested?
### Loom video
**Popular Articles**
https://www.loom.com/share/7cecbaaa77eb48e19263398b6ba8ddef?sid=a2452b8e-7d7e-46a3-b5c8-aed5ab5bc801
**RTL improvements**
https://www.loom.com/share/3ccad77174a0412097e802641df5f3e0?sid=e10ac57f-5c49-4084-84d3-5ad58aee54fa
## Checklist:
- [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project
- [x] I have performed a self-review of my code
- [x] I have commented on my code, particularly in hard-to-understand
areas
- [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation
- [x] My changes generate no new warnings
- [x] I have added tests that prove my fix is effective or that my
feature works
- [x] New and existing unit tests pass locally with my changes
- [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream
modules
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Co-authored-by: Muhsin Keloth <muhsinkeramam@gmail.com>
# Pull Request Template
## Description
This PR adds RTL support in public help center.
Fixes
https://linear.app/chatwoot/issue/CW-4459/support-for-rtl-in-public-help-center
## Type of change
- [x] New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
## How Has This Been Tested?
### Loom video
https://www.loom.com/share/d48a26ec80e04545addca825882b4d79?sid=aa7a6b37-33bc-4f63-b1cc-54b27a7733cf
## Checklist:
- [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project
- [x] I have performed a self-review of my code
- [ ] I have commented on my code, particularly in hard-to-understand
areas
- [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation
- [x] My changes generate no new warnings
- [ ] I have added tests that prove my fix is effective or that my
feature works
- [x] New and existing unit tests pass locally with my changes
- [ ] Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream
modules
This PR improves the portal's internal link detection logic to be more
robust when handling empty or undefined configuration values.
Previously, the code could fail when `customDomain` was empty, causing
external links to incorrectly behave as internal links. The fix
introduces a new `isSameOrigin` helper function that safely compares
URLs using proper URL parsing and origin comparison, gracefully handling
edge cases like missing domains, relative paths, and malformed URLs.
This ensures external links consistently open in new tabs regardless of
portal configuration completeness.
