Re: 'float: before' and 'float: after' for easier styling of RTL languages

I am wondering if *flexbox* is a ready solution to that and changing the
flex-direction property to appropriate value would do the job. Won't
flex-direction:row-reverse suffice?

On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 12:27 PM, Mats Blakstad <mats.gbproject@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Yes, but even if you have a RTL language it doesn't mean that you want
> everything on the page to float right. You just want to to float opposite
> of the LTR language.
>
> Let me give one example: A theme have 2 sidebars: One sidebar with menu
> ("First sidebar") and a second sidebar with advertisements ("Second
> sidebar").
>
> In LTR languages you want "first sidebar" to go to left, and second
> sidebar to go to right.
>
> In RTL languages you want "fist sidebar" to go to right, and second
> sidebar to go to left (opposite).
>
> You want one of them to float "first" and the second to float "last". Not
> to make everything in same direction, but everything in opposite directions.
>
> 2015-11-24 6:23 GMT+01:00 Praveen Puglia <praveenpuglia@gmail.com>:
>
>> Would it be better to have a property like 'float-direction' in css and
>> have values like "rtl" / "ltr" OR "to right"/"to left" ?
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 5:51 AM, Mats Blakstad <mats.gbproject@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> Is it possible to simplify floating of RTL languages?
>>>
>>> RTL languages changes the meaning of "left" and "right". Extra
>>> stylesheets are needed for RTL languages to make floating correct, it takes
>>> time to sit and revert all floating.
>>>
>>> It would be easier if we could make elements float "before" or "after",
>>> and then make it always float in correct directions depending on the dir
>>> attribute (dir="rtl" or dir="ltr").
>>>
>>>
>>
>


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