Can .NET's System.Console be configured to print Right To Left?

Question

After overcoming the issues in printing non-ascii characters described here, I wonder if is it possible to configure the console to print Right-To-Left ?

I am now playing with Visual Studio T4 templating, wanted to see for my self the outcome of trying to automatically generate Enums out of database look up tables - and for that I wanted to test myself in this console application I am writing for this purpose.

Obviously, as a workaround, printing the following helps me:

new string(str.ToCharArray().Reverse().ToArray())

But does the console support RTL printing ?

Answer 1

If you also want to print your strings aligned to the right side of the screen in addition to have it rendered in a reversed manner (RTL), use this:

private static void WriteLineRtl(string input)
{              
  Console.CursorLeft = Console.WindowWidth - input.Length;
  for (int i = input.Length - 1; i >= 0; i--)        
      Console.Write(input[i]); 
}

---

Example:

using static System.Console;

class Program
{
  static void Main(string[] args)
  {
    WriteLineRtl("שלום,");
    WriteLineRtl("בהמשך לשיחתנו הטלפונית,");
    WriteLineRtl("רציתי להודיע שהכל בסדר.");
    WriteLineRtl("שלום ולהתראות!");

    Read();
  }

  static void WriteLineRtl(string input)
  {
    CursorLeft = WindowWidth - input.Length;
    for (int i = input.Length - 1; i >= 0; i--)
      Write(input[i]);
  }
}

Output: