diff --git a/crates/egui/src/widgets/text_edit/builder.rs b/crates/egui/src/widgets/text_edit/builder.rs
index 587f498b0a2..3bb70e0e1a3 100644
--- a/crates/egui/src/widgets/text_edit/builder.rs
+++ b/crates/egui/src/widgets/text_edit/builder.rs
@@ -727,10 +727,32 @@ impl<'t> TextEdit<'t> {
             // if there's a ScrollArea, it can properly scroll to the cursor.
             let extra_size = galley.size() - rect.size();
             if extra_size.x > 0.0 || extra_size.y > 0.0 {
-                ui.allocate_rect(
-                    Rect::from_min_size(outer_rect.max, extra_size),
-                    Sense::hover(),
-                );
+                match ui.layout().main_dir() {
+                    crate::Direction::LeftToRight | crate::Direction::TopDown => {
+                        ui.allocate_rect(
+                            Rect::from_min_size(outer_rect.max, extra_size),
+                            Sense::hover(),
+                        );
+                    }
+                    crate::Direction::RightToLeft => {
+                        ui.allocate_rect(
+                            Rect::from_min_size(
+                                emath::pos2(outer_rect.min.x - extra_size.x, outer_rect.max.y),
+                                extra_size,
+                            ),
+                            Sense::hover(),
+                        );
+                    }
+                    crate::Direction::BottomUp => {
+                        ui.allocate_rect(
+                            Rect::from_min_size(
+                                emath::pos2(outer_rect.min.x, outer_rect.max.y - extra_size.y),
+                                extra_size,
+                            ),
+                            Sense::hover(),
+                        );
+                    }
+                }
             }
 
             painter.galley(galley_pos, galley.clone(), text_color);