[Bug 18490] make any element with an explicit lang or dir attribute bidi-isolated by default

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=18490

Aharon Lanin <aharon.lists.lanin@gmail.com> changed:

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--- Comment #1 from Aharon Lanin <aharon.lists.lanin@gmail.com> 2012-08-06 15:15:13 UTC ---
IMO, this is the correct approach for new pages. (In fact, I would even say
unicode-bidi:isolate for elements with the dir attribute, and
unicode-bidi:plaintext for elements with the lang attribute but lacking dir.)
And in fact it is easy to do that in your (new) page's own CSS. However, one
has to keep in mind that isolation is not implemented in IE9, and may or may
not be implemented in the final release of IE10. So, if you need to have your
page work bidi-wise for a high percentage of users, this just isn't good
enough, not for a long while yet. :-(

The other major concern here is backward compatibility. That is why I said
above "new" pages. Applying bidi isolation to all elements with the dir
attribute *will* break some existing pages.

On the other hand, my guess is that applying bidi isolation to something with
the lang attribute (and lacking a dir attribute) is unlikely to break existing
pages, so it is probably a good idea.

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Received on Monday, 6 August 2012 15:15:19 UTC