RE: [CSS21] bidi, text-align, and list markers

Hi,

 

I really think that the behavior for rtl items and bullet alignment in an ltr list will be the same throughout the list -- thus,
neither:
* hello
  OLLEH *
                                                 OLLEH *


nor:
* hello
  OLLEH                                                *
                                                 OLLEH *


makes any sense to me.
 
Sorry.  (Wish I could make some sense out of it.)  But . . . 


 
Best wishes,
 
C. E. Whitehead
cewcathar@hotmail.com 
 






Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2010 18:58:39 +0300
From: shachar@shemesh.biz
To: adil@diwan.com
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Subject: Re: [CSS21] bidi, text-align, and list markers

Adil Allawi wrote: 


On 05/06/2010 15:49, Shachar Shemesh wrote: 

4. <li style="text-align:match-parent; bullet-align:match-dir">HELLO gives:
* hello
  OLLEH *

  Shouldn't that be:

* hello
  OLLEH                                *
?

Good question! I think it should not. Either the bullet should align with the main bullet alignment or the text. In theory one could specify your example with a value bullet-align:right but I think it is better to have a use-case to show that such formatting is needed.
So you are saying that a three bullets list should look:
* hello
  OLLEH *
                                                 OLLEH *
?

I think:
* hello
  OLLEH                                                *
                                                 OLLEH *

makes more sense.

Shachar
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Shachar Shemesh
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