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Arabic & Right-to-Left Status in XiArt
These guides describe the documented upstream workflow. XiArt integration and installers are still in development; Alpha is free. Availability in a XiKey release has not yet been verified.
Honest Status: What Works Today vs. What Is Coming
Product status
- Arabic interface and one-click EN ⇄ ع — In progress: In progress for XiArt. The live language switch is shipped in the XiPhoto pilot; it is not yet a delivered XiArt feature.
- Find Arabic fonts by writing style — In progress: The shared font dialog is being developed with Arabic style groups and script-aware previews; XiArt integration is unfinished.
- A consistent XiKey™ welcome and About experience — In progress: XiKey splash, About and dialogs are in progress for XiArt, with upstream attribution and licence information retained.
- Classic or Modern layouts, with Retina scaling — Planned: Planned interface presets and high-density scaling; not shipped in XiArt.
- Arabic text controls for image compositions — In progress: Kashida, tashkeel controls, Arabic digits and Hijri dates are in progress in the shared toolkit; their integration into XiArt image workflows remains unfinished.
- Add-ons managed through XiLauncher — Planned: XiKey add-ons managed through XiLauncher are planned.
- Signed updates through XiLauncher — In progress: The signed update channel is in progress; XiArt delivery and installer validation have not been verified.
Checking Arabic text
Write Arabic in normal logical order. Inspect letter joining, word order and punctuation in the final output. Arabic integration in this product remains unfinished; availability in another product does not establish availability here.
Sources
Upstream version checked on 2026-10-14.