[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 50969] New: <option> should support the dir attribute and be displayed accordingly both in the dropdown and after being chosen

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50969

           Summary: <option> should support the dir attribute and be
                    displayed accordingly both in the dropdown and after
                    being chosen
           Product: WebKit
           Version: 528+ (Nightly build)
          Platform: All
               URL: http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/Overview.html#text-render
                    ed-in-native-user-interfaces
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: HTML DOM
        AssignedTo: webkit-unassigned at lists.webkit.org
        ReportedBy: xji at chromium.org
                CC: playmobil at google.com, aharon at google.com,
                    rniwa at webkit.org
            Blocks: 50910


Following is from the spec:

10.6.4 Text rendered in native user interfaces

User agents are expected to honor the Unicode semantics of text that is exposed in user interfaces, for example supporting the bidirectional algorithm in text shown in dialogs, title bars, pop-up menus, and tooltips. Text from elements (either attribute values or the contents of elements) is expected to be rendered in a manner that honors the directionality of the element from which the text was obtained.

Consider the following markup, which has Hebrew text asking for a programming language, the languages being text for which a left-to-right direction is important given the punctuation in some of their names:

<p dir="rtl" lang="he">
 <label>
  בחר שפת תכנות:
  <select>
   <option dir="ltr">C++</option>
   <option dir="ltr">C#</option>
   <option dir="ltr">FreePascal</option>
   <option dir="ltr">F#</option>
  </select>
 </label>
</p>
If the select element was rendered as a drop down box, a correct rendering would ensure that the punctuation was the same both in the drop down, and in the box showing the current selection.

Note: with image showing the item showing in drop-down and selection are both in LTR directionality and right alignment.

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