Value auto
for dir
probably shouldn't say "no explicit directionality"
#1079
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i18n-needs-resolution
Issue the Internationalization Group has raised and looks for a response on.
dir
memberhttps://w3c.github.io/manifest/#dir-member
The value
auto
isn't exactly the same as "no explicit directionality". It means that the direction of strings with this value should be estimated using the first-strong part of the bidi algorithm. It is an explicit value. It also implies that the value should be bidi isolated when displayed. Perhaps say "Direction determined from content" instead?Note that content which fools the "first-strong" detection in
auto
is common: an actual direction value such asrtl
orltr
is preferred to just relying onauto
.Note that there was some previous discussion of this topic in #926
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