diff --git a/left.php3 b/left.php3
index 9608fe340..48f3191d4 100755
--- a/left.php3
+++ b/left.php3
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ if ($num_dbs > 1) {
             ?>
         <nobr><img src="images/spacer.gif" border="0" width="9" height="9" alt="" />
         <a target="phpmain" href="sql.php3?<?php echo $common_url_query; ?>&amp;table=<?php echo urlencode($table); ?>&amp;sql_query=<?php echo urlencode('SELECT * FROM ' . backquote($table)); ?>&amp;pos=0&amp;goto=tbl_properties.php3">
-            <img src="images/browse.gif" border="0" alt="<?php echo "$strBrowse: $table"; ?>" /></a>&nbsp;
+            <img src="images/browse.gif" border="0" alt="<?php echo "$strBrowse: $table"; ?>" /></a><bdo dir="<?php echo $text_dir; ?>">&nbsp;</bdo>
         <a class="tblItem" title="<?php echo str_replace('"', '&quot;', $tooltip[$table]); ?>" target="phpmain" href="tbl_properties.php3?<?php echo $common_url_query; ?>&amp;table=<?php echo urlencode($table); ?>">
             <?php echo $table; ?></a></nobr><br />
             <?php
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ else if ($num_dbs == 1) {
         echo "\n";
         ?>
         <nobr><a target="phpmain" href="sql.php3?<?php echo $common_url_query; ?>&amp;table=<?php echo urlencode($table); ?>&amp;sql_query=<?php echo urlencode('SELECT * FROM ' . backquote($table)); ?>&amp;pos=0&amp;goto=tbl_properties.php3">
-                  <img src="images/browse.gif" border="0" alt="<?php echo "$strBrowse: $table"; ?>" /></a>&nbsp;
+                  <img src="images/browse.gif" border="0" alt="<?php echo "$strBrowse: $table"; ?>" /></a><bdo dir="<?php echo $text_dir; ?>">&nbsp;</bdo>
               <a class="tblItem" title="<?php echo str_replace('"', '&quot;', $tooltip[$table]); ?>" target="phpmain" href="tbl_properties.php3?<?php echo $common_url_query; ?>&amp;table=<?php echo urlencode($table); ?>">
                   <?php echo $table; ?></a></nobr><br />
         <?php