Add start and end - that way programmers can be explicit in what they want.
Given a start and end alignment, I would suggest left and right always be left and right explicitly rather than dependent upon the whether the script itself is RTL or LTR. This preserves a level of backwards compatability easily and yet allows full management of text alignments in fields. On 3/12/2014 1:01 PM, Fraser Gordon wrote: > Hi all, > > Due to the many responses we received to our question about adding new chunk > types to the LiveCode engine, I thought it might be useful to ask you about > another potential change coming in LiveCode 7.0: how fields should handle > bi-directional text. > > Currently, fields can be aligned to the left, centre or right and default to > the left. This means that any right-to-left (RTL) or bi-directional (BiDi) > text entered into the field will always align to the left, rather than to the > most natural side for the text being entered. The question that arises is can > and should we change this? > > Question 1: should the text alignment options be expanded to include "start" > and "end"? (Start means right for RTL and left for LTR while end is the > opposite) > > Question 2: if we expand the options, should we interpret "left" and "right" > in existing stacks to mean "start" and "end", respectively? This would mean > alignment flips when RTL text is entered, making support for RTL text easier. > On the other hand, it might be undesirable in some cases. > > Question 3: if we don't add "start" and "end" alignments, should left/right > always mean left/right or should they mean the opposite when the field is set > up for RTL text? Some office suites and text editors take one approach, > others the opposite… > > The fact that existing applications don't all follow the same standard makes > it more difficult to decide if any particular approach is the right one. What > do you think LiveCode should do? > > Regards, > Fraser > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
