Disable Turbolinks page loading for language links

Only when the current language has a different text direction
than the localization link to generate.

app/components/layout/locale_switcher_component.rb

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class Layout::LocaleSwitcherComponent < ApplicationComponent
-  delegate :name_for_locale, :link_list, :current_path_with_query_params, to: :helpers
+  delegate :name_for_locale, :link_list, :current_path_with_query_params, :rtl?, to: :helpers
 
   def render?
     locales.size > 1
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ class Layout::LocaleSwitcherComponent < ApplicationComponent
           name_for_locale(locale),
           current_path_with_query_params(locale: locale),
           locale == I18n.locale,
-          lang: locale
+          lang: locale,
+          data: { turbolinks: rtl?(I18n.locale) == rtl?(locale) }
         ]
       end
     end

app/helpers/application_helper.rb

@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ module ApplicationHelper
     url_for(request.query_parameters.merge(query_parameters).merge(only_path: true))
   end
 
-  def rtl?
-    %i[ar fa he].include?(I18n.locale)
+  def rtl?(locale = I18n.locale)
+    %i[ar fa he].include?(locale)
   end
 
   def markdown(text)

spec/components/layout/locale_switcher_component_spec.rb

@@ -74,4 +74,27 @@ describe Layout::LocaleSwitcherComponent do
       expect(page).to have_css "[aria-current]", exact_text: "English"
     end
   end
+
+  context "when the target language has a different text direction than the current language" do
+    let!(:default_locales) { I18n.available_locales }
+
+    before do
+      I18n.available_locales = %i[ar en]
+      I18n.reload!
+    end
+
+    after do
+      I18n.available_locales = default_locales
+      I18n.reload!
+    end
+
+    it "disables Turbolinks for language links" do
+      render_inline component
+
+      expect(page).to have_link "عربى", href: "/?locale=ar"
+      expect(page).to have_css "[href='/?locale=ar'][data-turbolinks=false]"
+      expect(page).to have_link "English", href: "/?locale=en"
+      expect(page).to have_css "[href='/?locale=en'][data-turbolinks=true]"
+    end
+  end
 end