[Bug 10828] i18n comment 4 : at least by default, <br> should constitute a bidi paragraph break

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=10828

--- Comment #60 from CE Whitehead <cewcathar@hotmail.com> 2011-03-24 16:41:31 UTC ---
(In reply to comment #59)
> Here's the implementation data from smontagu's tests:
> Impl      <BR>     <PRE> CR/LF
> ===============================
> IE7        PS          PS
> IE8        LS          LS
> IE9        LS          PS
> Chrome9   PS/LS       PS/LS
> Safari5   PS/LS       PS/LS
> FF3.6      LS          LS
> Opera11    LS          LS
> WebKit's behavior is really weird. Whether the break is LS or PS seems to
> depend on what type of content is near the break: if there is an *embedded*
> element after the <br>, it's treated as LS (the RTL effect passes through the
> <br>).
> To summarize, the ideal behavior would be IE9's, i.e.
> Ideal      LS          PS

O.k; under this p is the only way to get paragraph breaks; this does solve the
use case described in comment 18 (I assume br clear="all" which is for images
would at least force a hard break).
> The safest behavior is probably IE7's,
> Safe       PS          PS

I thought this behavior however was to be relegated to quirks mode only,
and that people who wanted to use break as a paragraph separator would have to
be in quirks mode from now on.  But I still have my question about br
clear="all"  (but I drop my request to have any other hard bidi break as you
all are right; people who use it would know to use the p element).

Best,

--C. E. Whitehead
cewcathar@hotmail.com


(In reply to comment #59)
> Here's the implementation data from smontagu's tests:
> Impl      <BR>     <PRE> CR/LF
> ===============================
> IE7        PS          PS
> IE8        LS          LS
> IE9        LS          PS
> Chrome9   PS/LS       PS/LS
> Safari5   PS/LS       PS/LS

> FF3.6      LS          LS
> Opera11    LS          LS
> WebKit's behavior is really weird. Whether the break is LS or PS seems to
> depend on what type of content is near the break: if there is an *embedded*
> element after the <br>, it's treated as LS (the RTL effect passes through the
> <br>).

> To summarize, the ideal behavior would be IE9's, i.e.
> Ideal      LS          PS
> The safest behavior is probably IE7's,
> Safe       PS          PS

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