Subject: [PATCH] fix #14806 v2
---
Index: scribus/scribus.cpp
IDEA additional info:
Subsystem: com.intellij.openapi.diff.impl.patch.CharsetEP
<+>UTF-8
===================================================================
diff --git a/scribus/scribus.cpp b/scribus/scribus.cpp
--- a/scribus/scribus.cpp	(revision 27539)
+++ b/scribus/scribus.cpp	(date 1777720470764)
@@ -1429,7 +1429,7 @@
 	zoomSpinBox->setValue( 100 );
 	zoomSpinBox->setSingleStep(10);
 	zoomSpinBox->setFocusPolicy(Qt::ClickFocus);
-	zoomSpinBox->setSuffix( tr( " %" ) );
+	updateZoomSuffix();
 	layerMenu = new QComboBox( this );
 	layerMenu->setObjectName("layerMenu");
 	layerMenu->setEditable(false);
@@ -7380,6 +7380,19 @@
 	}
 }
 
+void ScribusMainWindow::updateZoomSuffix()
+{
+	// Determine the current text direction based on the GUI language setting
+	const auto direction = QLocale(ScCore->getGuiLanguage()).textDirection();
+	// If in RTL mode, wrap the suffix in RLE (Right-to-Left Embedding \u202B)
+	// and PDF (Pop Directional Formatting \u202C) control characters.
+	// This forces the rendering engine to treat the suffix as an isolated RTL block,
+	// preventing neutral characters like '%' from causing layout issues.
+	const auto suffix = (direction == Qt::RightToLeft)
+		? QStringLiteral("\u202B %\u202C")
+		: QStringLiteral(" %");
+	zoomSpinBox->setSuffix(suffix);
+}
 
 void ScribusMainWindow::gotoLayer(int l)
 {
@@ -8555,6 +8568,7 @@
 
 void ScribusMainWindow::statusBarLanguageChange()
 {
+	updateZoomSuffix();
 	zoomSpinBox->setToolTip( tr("Current zoom level"));
 	zoomDefaultToolbarButton->setToolTip( tr("Zoom to 100%"));
 	zoomOutToolbarButton->setToolTip( tr("Zoom out by the stepping value in Tools preferences"));
Index: scribus/scribus.h
IDEA additional info:
Subsystem: com.intellij.openapi.diff.impl.patch.CharsetEP
<+>UTF-8
===================================================================
diff --git a/scribus/scribus.h b/scribus/scribus.h
--- a/scribus/scribus.h	(revision 27539)
+++ b/scribus/scribus.h	(date 1777720364656)
@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@
 	void RestoreBookMarks();
 	QStringList  scrapbookNames() const;
 	void updateLayerMenu();
+	void updateZoomSuffix();
 	void emergencySave();
 	QStringList findRecoverableFile();
 	bool recoverFile(const QStringList& foundFiles);