Re: directional images

Fantasai has convinced me. No predefined class names or rules for image
flipping, and no regrets that we did not propose adding flipping
attribute(s) to HTML's <img>.

Aharon

On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 6:26 PM, fantasai <fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net>wrote:

> On 11/05/2010 02:13 PM, Tab Atkins Jr. wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 3:59 AM, Aharon (Vladimir) Lanin
>> <aharon@google.com>  wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> As was also mentioned, this does not address similar flipping/rotation
>>> for
>>> <img>  elements ...
>>>
>>
>> Could you do this by tagging the <img>  with @dir? ...
>>
>>
>> That is, whenever the <img>  is in an opposite-direction context, flip it.
>>
>
> Theoretically, yes, but most of the time image content isn't directional.
> So you don't want to do that unconditionally. (Note the 'dir' attribute
> on <img>, <object>, etc. is supposed to indicate the base direction of
> fallback text; it is not about the directionality of the image itself.)
>
> In fact, I can't think of a use case where an embedded *content* image
> would need to be flipped for horizontal presentation. All the images
> that I can think of that would need to be flipped are presentational.
>
> If there are counterexamples that prove a strong case for automatic
> direction-flipping of content images, then the issue should be brought
> to the HTMLWG for consideration; hacking this with CSS is not appropriate
> imo. I'm just not coming up with anything--and the workaround of providing
> alternate images does exist for any unusual cases.
>
> ~fantasai
>

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