[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 #6 from Aharon Lanin <aharon.lists.lanin@gmail.com> 2010-10-11 07:46:50 UTC ---
In another bug (http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=10828), Maciej
Stachowiak wrote:

"having a markup attribute that doesn't correspond to a CSS property but still
inherits and affects rendering of other elements is an unusual pattern and
would be awkward to implement"

This would also seem to apply to autodirmethod. If so, perhaps the problem can
be side-stepped by modifying the proposal slightly:

- Allow another autodirmethod value, "inherit", which would be the default for
all but the root element. (The root's default would still be "first-strong".)
- For elements with dir=auto, the estimation algorithm choice would still be
determined by the autodirmethod value. However, if it is "inherit", the
autodirmethod value of the closest ancestor with autodirmethod other than
"inherit" would be used instead.

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Received on Monday, 11 October 2010 07:46:52 UTC