RTL table direction should follow the story direction automatically
In Arabic documents, tables inserted into a right-to-left story still default to left-to-right column order, so the first column lands on the wrong side and has to be fixed manually every time. Letting a table inherit its direction from the parent story would remove a constant papercut in RTL publishing.
I produce a lot of timetable and tariff tables for print guides; the reference material I adapt usually looks like dubai metro timings — dense time tables where column order really matters in Arabic.
Same request for anchored tables inside RTL text frames: inherit, with an override in Table Options.
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John Hunt
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