Techniques for providing a user interface having bi-directional writing tools

A computer-implemented method, comprising:

• determining, at a computing device including one or more processors, one or more scripts in which a user is capable of inputting text;
• determining, at the computing device, whether at least one of the one or more scripts is a script having a right-to-left (RTL) writing directionality;
• and
• automatically outputting, at the computing device:
• (i) a first user interface when at least one of the one or more scripts is a script having an RTL writing directionality, wherein the first user interface is configured to allow the user to adjust the writing directionality at the computing device, or
• (ii) a second user interface when none of the one or more scripts is a script having an RTL writing directionality, wherein the second user interface is different than the first user interface and is not configured to allow the user to adjust the writing directionality at the computing device.

A computing device, comprising:

• one or more processors configured to:
• determine one or more scripts in which a user is capable of inputting text, and
• determine whether at least one of the one or more scripts is a script having a right-to-left (RTL) writing directionality;
• and
• a display configured to automatically output:
• (i) a first user interface when at least one of the one or more scripts is a script having an RTL writing directionality, wherein the first user interface is configured to allow the user to adjust writing directionality at the computing device, or
• (ii) a second user interface when none of the one or more scripts is a script having an RTL writing directionality, wherein the second user interface is different than the first user interface and is not configured to allow the user to adjust writing directionality at the computing device.