hixie: Add a note about keeping the alignment right for <select> (whatwg r5589)

hixie: Add a note about keeping the alignment right for <select> (whatwg
r5589)

http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/html5/spec/Overview.html?r1=1.4466&r2=1.4467&f=h
http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=5588&to=5589

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RCS file: /sources/public/html5/spec/Overview.html,v
retrieving revision 1.4466
retrieving revision 1.4467
diff -u -d -r1.4466 -r1.4467
--- Overview.html 7 Oct 2010 19:21:40 -0000 1.4466
+++ Overview.html 7 Oct 2010 19:45:14 -0000 1.4467
@@ -63404,12 +63404,6 @@
   element's <code><a href="#the-optgroup-element">optgroup</a></code> element children providing headers
   for groups of options where applicable.</p>
 
-  <p>The <dfn id="width-of-the-select-s-labels">width of the <code>select</code>'s labels</dfn> is the
-  wider of the width necessary to render the widest
-  <code><a href="#the-optgroup-element">optgroup</a></code>, and the width necessary to render the widest
-  <code><a href="#the-option-element">option</a></code> element in the element's <a href="#concept-select-option-list" title="concept-select-option-list">list of options</a> (including
-  its indent, if any).</p>
-
   <p>An <code><a href="#the-optgroup-element">optgroup</a></code> element is expected to be rendered by
   displaying the element's <code title="attr-optgroup-label"><a href="#attr-optgroup-label">label</a></code> attribute.</p>
 
@@ -63417,6 +63411,12 @@
   displaying the element's <code title="concept-option-label"><a href="#concept-option-label">label</a></code>, indented under its
   <code><a href="#the-optgroup-element">optgroup</a></code> element if it has one.</p>
 
+  <p>The <dfn id="width-of-the-select-s-labels">width of the <code>select</code>'s labels</dfn> is the
+  wider of the width necessary to render the widest
+  <code><a href="#the-optgroup-element">optgroup</a></code>, and the width necessary to render the widest
+  <code><a href="#the-option-element">option</a></code> element in the element's <a href="#concept-select-option-list" title="concept-select-option-list">list of options</a> (including
+  its indent, if any).</p>
+
   <p>If a <code><a href="#the-select-element">select</a></code> element contains a <a href="#placeholder-label-option">placeholder
   label option</a>, the user agent is expected to render that
   <code><a href="#the-option-element">option</a></code> in a manner that conveys that it is a label,
@@ -63427,6 +63427,11 @@
   control is expected to be displayed in a fashion that indicates that
   no valid option is currently selected.</p>
 
+  <p>User agents are expected to consistently render the labels in a
+  <code><a href="#the-select-element">select</a></code>, in particular ensuring that any left-to-right
+  or right-to-left alignment is consistent whether the label is being
+  displayed as part of the page or in a menu control.</p>
+
   </div><div class="impl">
 
   <h4 id="the-textarea-element-0"><span class="secno">10.4.15 </span>The <code><a href="#the-textarea-element">textarea</a></code> element</h4>

Received on Thursday, 7 October 2010 19:46:08 UTC