From bedd181f4c030374c4f5e3256a5e3a7c349026a0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Gleason <alex@alexgleason.me>
Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2022 16:14:50 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] AutosuggestInput/AutosuggestTextarea: fix RTL detection with
 placeholder

---
 app/soapbox/components/autosuggest-input.tsx    | 2 +-
 app/soapbox/components/autosuggest-textarea.tsx | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/app/soapbox/components/autosuggest-input.tsx b/app/soapbox/components/autosuggest-input.tsx
index a5d5737d0..c6cef9595 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/components/autosuggest-input.tsx
+++ b/app/soapbox/components/autosuggest-input.tsx
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ export default class AutosuggestInput extends ImmutablePureComponent<IAutosugges
     const visible = !suggestionsHidden && (!suggestions.isEmpty() || (menu && value));
 
     // TODO: convert to functional component and use `useLocale()` hook instead of checking placeholder text.
-    if (isRtl(value) || (placeholder && isRtl(placeholder))) {
+    if (isRtl(value) || (placeholder && isRtl(placeholder) && !value)) {
       style.direction = 'rtl';
     }
 
diff --git a/app/soapbox/components/autosuggest-textarea.tsx b/app/soapbox/components/autosuggest-textarea.tsx
index 72f981da8..31ca7c283 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/components/autosuggest-textarea.tsx
+++ b/app/soapbox/components/autosuggest-textarea.tsx
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ class AutosuggestTextarea extends ImmutablePureComponent<IAutosuggesteTextarea>
     const style = { direction: 'ltr', minRows: 10 };
 
     // TODO: convert to functional component and use `useLocale()` hook instead of checking placeholder text.
-    if (isRtl(value) || (placeholder && isRtl(placeholder))) {
+    if (isRtl(value) || (placeholder && isRtl(placeholder) && !value)) {
       style.direction = 'rtl';
     }