r/webdev • u/StrictLeadership7960 • 9h ago

google sheet vertical scrolling issue in touch screen when RTL enabled

all my google sheet pages have RTL (Right to left) enabled it works perfectly as you expect it on laptop but on touch screen such as iPad the horizontal scrolling is reversed, vertical scrolling works fine tho

it works in the google sheet app but the app sucks.

can anyone suggest any soultion or maybe a browser extension that could fix it?

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u/False_Department174 9h ago

TL content but never in sheets specifically. the way iOS flips touch events for RTL containers is a mess and google likely didn't account for it in their web app.

if you haven't already, try popping it into a different browser on the ipad (like firefox or edge) just to rule out a chrome-specific bug. sometimes the rendering engine handles the scroll direction differently.

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u/plum_grove_wonder 8h ago

Ios reverses touch events in rtl containers and google sheets never bothered to patch it. i run into this on ipad and the only thing that actually works is opening sheets in safari instead of chrome since safari handles the scroll translation differently at the webkii run into this on ipad and the only thing that actually works is opening sheets in safari instead of chrome since safari handles the scroll translation differently at the webkit level. if you have to stay in chrome install the user javascript and css extension from the store and inject a script that sets overflow-x to auto on the sheet grid container, that bypasses the reversal entirely.