Re: [widgets] dir and span elements

Hi Marcos,


2010/3/10 Marcos Caceres <marcosc@opera.com>

> Hi Addison, Richard, and i18 WG,
>

[snip]

>
> Upon reflection on the discussion above, I think the dir attr must
> behave the same as xml:lang -  meaning that the value of dir is
> applied to the element, all its attributes, and its child nodes.
>

Correct. This is also how the element is defined in ITS, see the
"inheritance" column at
http://www.w3.org/TR/its/#datacategories-defaults-etc : "Textual content of
element, *including* attributes and child elements", the same as "language
information" in the same table (a mediator for xml:lang).

Best,

Felix