Re: Directionality of alt attribute ([html-bidi] Feedback on Additional Requirements for Bidi in HTML)

 
Hi.
From: Ehsan Akhgari <ehsan@mozilla.com> 
Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2010 17:02:23 -0400

> On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 4:36 PM, CE Whitehead <cewcathar@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi!
> From: Ehsan Akhgari <ehsan@mozilla.com>
>> Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2010 20:48:10 -0400
>> To: public-i18n-bidi@w3.org
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>>
>>> What I actually mean is that setting the direction for img elements
>>> doesn't actually have any effect on how the image is displayed or
>>> layed out, so the img's direction can be "hijacked" to only affect the
>>> directionality of the alt text.
>> Thanks for your information on this.
>> So you are saying that no additional directionality attribute is needed for
>> the alt attribute?
> Yes, that's what I'm proposing.
>> (One note though:  it may be clearer to content authors to have a
>> directionality on the alt attribute rahter than only the img directionality
>> attribute.)
> My suggestion was in hopes of not adding attributes unless absolutely
> necessary.  
> Otherwise, I don't feel strongly against adding an
> attribute for alt text directionality anyway.
Thanks.  I don't feel that strongly myself so perhaps whether or not there is an altdir attribute 
will depend on how everyone else feels. 
Best,
C. E. Whitehead
cewcathar@hotmail.com
> --
> Ehsan