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)"

Makes sense to me.

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Ehsan
<http://ehsanakhgari.org/>


On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 5:12 PM, CE Whitehead <cewcathar@hotmail.com> wrote:

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> Hi, Aharon, all again -- let's close this bug then.
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> Best,
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> --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:
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> > 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>>
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