13482 2011-07-31 07:52:32 +0000 dir=auto needs to work on value of input and textarea elements 2011-08-25 03:25:14 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified HTML WG LC1 HTML5 spec unspecified PC Linux CLOSED FIXED P2 normal --- 1 aharon.lists.lanin ian ehsan ian mike public-html-admin public-html-wg-issue-tracking yael.aharon public-html-bugzilla oldest_to_newest 51853 0 aharon.lists.lanin 2011-07-31 07:52:32 +0000 As currently specified (http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/Overview.html#the-dir-attribute), dir=auto determines an element's directionality by scanning the element's text node descendants. Unfortunately, this spec does not give sufficient consideration to <input> and <textarea> nodes, for which dir=auto was always envisioned to work based on their current value, i.e. to potentially change the element's directionality when the user types into them. As a result, dir=auto as currently implemented in WebKit does not do anything useful for input elements, and only works on a textarea's initial value, without changing as the user modifies it. Furthermore, a dir=auto element's directionality should not be dependent on the text nodes in a descendant <textarea>, since these usually do not change dynamically when the user types into the textarea, and since a textarea should behave in this regard just like an input element. Thus: - For input and textarea elements with dir=auto, the directionality should be determined not by the element's descendants, but by the element's current value, and should change as the latter changes. - For other elements, the text node descendants under a descendant textarea element should be excluded, just like those in script and style elements. 52259 1 ian 2011-08-03 21:31:57 +0000 Seems reasonable. 52841 2 mike 2011-08-04 05:04:42 +0000 mass-moved component to LC1 54725 3 ian 2011-08-11 21:12:46 +0000 EDITOR'S RESPONSE: This is an Editor's Response to your comment. If you are satisfied with this response, please change the state of this bug to CLOSED. If you have additional information and would like the editor to reconsider, please reopen this bug. If you would like to escalate the issue to the full HTML Working Group, please add the TrackerRequest keyword to this bug, and suggest title and text for the tracker issue; or you may create a tracker issue yourself, if you are able to do so. For more details, see this document: http://dev.w3.org/html5/decision-policy/decision-policy.html Status: Accepted Change Description: see diff given below Rationale: Concurred with reporter's comments. 54726 4 contributor 2011-08-11 21:13:01 +0000 Checked in as WHATWG revision r6420. Check-in comment: fix dir=auto for <textarea> and <input> text fields. http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=6419&to=6420 54757 5 aharon.lists.lanin 2011-08-12 04:00:12 +0000 (In reply to comment #4) > Checked in as WHATWG revision r6420. The fix looks good to me. I will close the bug in a few days. Just want to let others have a look at it first. 55789 6 ehsan 2011-08-25 03:23:32 +0000 Looks very good to me, thanks! I'll update the Mozilla bug.