From bf869d91859145c5fc70511ed7723ec8abada9d2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Samuel Newman <mozzius@protonmail.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2025 15:59:03 +0300
Subject: remove unicode ltr chars and replace with css (#8826)

---
 src/lib/strings/handles.ts | 11 +++++++++--
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

(limited to 'src/lib/strings/handles.ts')

diff --git a/src/lib/strings/handles.ts b/src/lib/strings/handles.ts
index 02b9943d3..bdac50a56 100644
--- a/src/lib/strings/handles.ts
+++ b/src/lib/strings/handles.ts
@@ -25,10 +25,17 @@ export function isInvalidHandle(handle: string): boolean {
   return handle === 'handle.invalid'
 }
 
-export function sanitizeHandle(handle: string, prefix = ''): string {
+export function sanitizeHandle(
+  handle: string,
+  prefix = '',
+  forceLeftToRight = true,
+): string {
+  const lowercasedWithPrefix = `${prefix}${handle.toLocaleLowerCase()}`
   return isInvalidHandle(handle)
     ? '⚠Invalid Handle'
-    : forceLTR(`${prefix}${handle.toLocaleLowerCase()}`)
+    : forceLeftToRight
+      ? forceLTR(lowercasedWithPrefix)
+      : lowercasedWithPrefix
 }
 
 export interface IsValidHandle {
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