RE: 3.8 <input type="text"> and <textarea> should support interoperable "set direction" functionality -- just a quick question (Was: RE: Implementation status of "Additional Requirements for Bidi in HTML)"

Hi, Aharon, all again -- let's close this bug then.
 
Best,
 
--C. E. Whitehead
cewcathar@hotmail.com 





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> From: aharon@google.com
> Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2010 16:14:25 +0200
> To: cewcathar@hotmail.com
> CC: public-i18n-bidi@w3.org
> Subject: Re: 3.8 and should support 
> interoperable "set direction" functionality -- just a quick question 
> (Was: RE: Implementation status of "Additional Requirements for Bidi in 
> HTML)" 
> 
> Re passwords, since those display as just a bunch of circles, I doubt 
> that the user would care very much whether they are displayed LTR or 
> RTL :-) 
> 
> On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 1:54 AM, CE Whitehead 
> > wrote: 
> 
> Hi, Aharon, all; sorry I am still slowly responding to/the online 
> status document (but am nearly fihished): 
> 
> > 3.8  and  should support interoperable <br>> "set direction" <br>> > functionality <br>> > Bug 10821 filed on HTML5. <br>> > Proposes specifying that when the user agent user interface allows <br>> the user to set the direction <br>> > of <input> and <textarea> elements, it will set the element's dir <br>> attribute value accordingly <br>> > and trigger the oninput event after the dir attribute has been set. <br>> > HTML5 changed as proposed. In fact, the change includes that the user <br>> agent “should allow the <br>> > user to change the writing direction of the element”. However, the <br>> change is only applied to <br>> > inputs of type “text” and “search”. <br>> > Close the bug? <br>> ME: Perhaps close this bug then; on what other inputs would you have <br>> this change apply? <br>> Passwords? Perhaps it should apply to those. Certainly not to <br>> selection inputs (checkboxes, radio boxes) I assume. <br>> <br>> (I am sorry to ask this but -- I have not dealt with other inputs <br>> myself; hopefully this is my last question; in any case thanks for the <br>> online status document with links to the bugs filed) <br>> <br>> Best, <br>> <br>> --C. E. Whitehead <br>> cewcathar@hotmail.com<mailto:cewcathar@hotmail.com> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> ________________________________ <br>> > From: aharon@google.com<mailto:aharon@google.com> <br>> > Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 05:30:30 -0800 <br>> > To: public-i18n-bidi@w3.org<mailto:public-i18n-bidi@w3.org> <br>> > Subject: Implementation status of "Additional Requirements for Bidi <br>> in HTML" <br>> > <br>> > Here is an implementation status <br>> > document summarizing <br>> > the status of each proposal. I will continue to update it as the status <br>> > continues to change. <br>> > <br>> > If some part of the status is not to your liking, you are most welcome <br>> > to contribute to the discussion on the various bugs and threads linked <br>> > by the document while it is still possible to change things. Or, if you <br>> > can try to get a consensus here on public-i18n-bidi first. <br>> > <br>> > Regards, <br>> > Aharon <br>> <br><br />

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