[Bug 10808] i18n comment 2 : new dir attribute value: auto, and a new attribute: autodirmethod

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=10808

--- Comment #25 from fantasai <fantasai.bugs@inkedblade.net> 2010-10-23 00:55:07 UTC ---
(In reply to comment #24)
>> It should be an invariant in the design of bidi features that bidi resolution
>> does not depend on CSS. In other words, bidi should resolve exactly the same
>> whether the author-level style sheet has been enabled or disabled.
>
> What's the reason for this invariant?

The reason is that CSS should be optional for readability of an HTML document.
Incorrect bidi resolution scrambles the text.

> What if the first child of an element with dir=auto is something like
> <style scoped> or <script> which contains text that is essentially never
> presented?

HTML can define the contents of <style> and <script> elements to be ignored for
the purposes of bidi resolution. It need not depend on the computed CSS
'display'.

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Received on Saturday, 23 October 2010 00:55:14 UTC