Instruction file imported from salamaashoush/tanstack-template (.cursor/rules/i18n.mdc). Copyright stays with the author.

Localisation

Every user-visible string is a message. There are no hardcoded strings.

import * as m from "~/i18n/messages";
m.membersTitle();     // yes
<h1>Members</h1>      // no

Adding a message

Add the key to both messages/en.json and messages/ar.json. bun run lint fails if they drift — scripts/check-i18n.ts enforces parity, because inlang removed its own lint command with no replacement.

Interpolation uses {name}: m.membersSelectRow({ name }).

Do not touch

src/i18n/** is generated by Paraglide from the message catalogues. Edit the catalogues, never the output.

RTL

Arabic is a first-class locale. Anything with direction must use logical properties: ps-*/pe-*, ms-*/me-*, start-*/end-*, text-start. Physical ones (pl-*, ml-*, left-*, text-left) do not flip and will visibly break the Arabic layout.

Direction comes from getTextDirection(); do not hand-roll locale === "ar" checks.