Current Proposal: http://www.openajax.org/member/wiki/OpenAjax_Metadata_1.0_Specification_Localization http://www.openajax.org/member/wiki/OpenAjax_Metadata_1.0_Specification_Substitution#BIDI_substitution
Currently a set of _BIDI attributes are available:
Current proposal
Currently a set of _BIDI attributes are available:
Variable | Descriptions |
|---|---|
_BIDI_START_EDGE_ | This variable represents the side of the widget that is the starting point for content display. The value is "left" when the widget is in LTR-mode and "right" when the widget is in RTL-mode. |
_BIDI_END_EDGE_ | This variable represents the edge of the widget that is opposite to where content display starts. The value is "right" when the widget is in LTR-mode and "left" when the widget is in RTL-mode |
_BIDI_DIR_ | The value of this variable is "ltr" when the widget is in LTR-mode and "rtl" when the widget is in RTL-mode. |
_BIDI_REVERSE_DIR_ | The value of this variable is "rtl" when the widget is in LTR-mode and "ltr" when the widget is in RTL-mode. |
In the following link the details for different BIDI substitution {_}http://www.openajax.org/member/wiki/OpenAjax_Metadata_1.0_Specification_Substitution#BIDI_substitution _
What is missing?
- There is no auto direction detection.
- The current proposal enable the localized messages to be loaded automatically, but it does not take into consideration the image/icons loading
New proposal
Proposal 1: Adding auto option for Bidi text direction
_BIDI_AUTO_DIR : auto substitution variable that can be useful to manage the rendering of content direction automatically, this will be done as follows
initially based on the context of the text and the presence of strong character, if no strong character exist it will inherit from language_direction
eventually it will be resolved to ltr or rtl
Example:
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