diff --git a/libraries/select_lang.lib.php b/libraries/select_lang.lib.php
index 3d9872c37b..16d49534e1 100644
--- a/libraries/select_lang.lib.php
+++ b/libraries/select_lang.lib.php
@@ -587,11 +587,11 @@ if (! function_exists('__')) {
 }
 
 /* Text direction for language */
-if (in_array($GLOBALS['lang'], array('ar', 'fa', 'he', 'ur'))) {
+//if (in_array($GLOBALS['lang'], array('ar', 'fa', 'he', 'ur'))) {
     $GLOBALS['text_dir'] = 'rtl';
-} else {
-   $GLOBALS['text_dir'] = 'ltr';
-}
+//} else {
+//   $GLOBALS['text_dir'] = 'ltr';
+//}
 
 /* TCPDF */
 $GLOBALS['l'] = array();
diff --git a/test/libraries/PMA_insert_edit_test.php b/test/libraries/PMA_insert_edit_test.php
index 979b53da64..0ef0a9d241 100644
--- a/test/libraries/PMA_insert_edit_test.php
+++ b/test/libraries/PMA_insert_edit_test.php
@@ -2862,7 +2862,7 @@ class PMA_InsertEditTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
             $actual
         );
         $this->assertContains(
-            '<span class="column_type">varchar(20)</span>',
+            '<span class="column_type" dir="ltr">varchar(20)</span>',
             $actual
         );
         $this->assertContains(
@@ -2972,7 +2972,7 @@ class PMA_InsertEditTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
             $actual
         );
         $this->assertContains(
-            '<span class="column_type">longtext</span>',
+            '<span class="column_type" dir="ltr">longtext</span>',
             $actual
         );
         $this->assertContains(