[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 13775] New: REGRESSION: Popup button text should use "natural" directionality to match the items in the popup menu

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http://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13775

           Summary: REGRESSION: Popup button text should use "natural"
                    directionality to match the items in the popup menu
           Product: WebKit
           Version: 522+ (nightly)
          Platform: Macintosh
        OS/Version: Mac OS X 10.4
            Status: NEW
          Keywords: Regression, NativePopUp, NeedsRadar
          Severity: Normal
          Priority: P1
         Component: Forms
        AssignedTo: webkit-unassigned at lists.webkit.org
        ReportedBy: mitz at webkit.org
                CC: adele at apple.com


In the attached test case, there's a popup with two items. In the menu that
pops up, both items have the word "English" on the left and the Hebrew word on
the right. However, in TOT, when the second item is selected, the popup button
shows the words in reverse order: Hebrew on the left and English on the right.

The problem is that AppKit uses "natural" writing direction for the popup menu
items, roughly meaning that the first character with strong directionality
determines the paragraph directionality to use. CSS (and WebKit) do not have a
notion of "direction: natural", so everything has the same direction (LTR now,
the <select>'s direction prior to
<http://trac.webkit.org/projects/webkit/changeset/21541>).

I think it may be possible for the popup button to fake "natural"
directionality for this specific case.


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