diff -u b/core/themes/bartik/css/components/node-preview.css b/core/themes/bartik/css/components/node-preview.css
--- b/core/themes/bartik/css/components/node-preview.css
+++ b/core/themes/bartik/css/components/node-preview.css
@@ -64,7 +64,9 @@
+[dir="rtl"] .node-preview-backlink::after {
+  content: '';
+  width: 10px;
+  display: inline-block;
+}
 .node-preview-container .form-item-view-mode {
   display: inline-block;
   margin: 5px 0;
 }
-[dir="rtl"] .node-preview-container .form-item-view-mode {
-  float: right;
-}
only in patch2:
unchanged:
--- a/core/themes/stable/css/node/node.preview.css
+++ b/core/themes/stable/css/node/node.preview.css
@@ -14,9 +14,11 @@
 @media only screen and (min-width: 36em) {
   .node-preview-container .form-type-select {
     margin-left: 25%; /* LTR */
+    float: right;
   }
   [dir="rtl"] .node-preview-container .form-type-select {
     margin-right: 25%;
     margin-left: 0;
+    float: left;
   }
 }