505156 - Textbox dir

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Firefox :: Extension Compatibility, defect)

Description

[ali]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1) Gecko/20090624 Firefox/3.5
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1) Gecko/20090624 Firefox/3.5

Hello
plase see this code :

<html:textbox rows="2" name="S1" cols="20" dir="rtl" xmlns:html="http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul"/>

---
dir = "rtl"
---

but textbox is "ltr" !!

i think this is a bug ! & _
	and i can't find 1 page about this instance

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
Hello
plase see this code :

<html:textbox rows="2" name="S1" cols="20" dir="rtl" xmlns:html="http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul"/>

---
dir = "rtl"
---

but textbox is "ltr" !!

i think this is a bug ! & _
	and i can't find 1 page about this instance

Comment 1

[Kyle Huey (Exited; not receiving bugmail, old account, do not use)]

I believe it is dir="reverse"

https://developer.mozilla.org/en/XUL_element_attributes

Reopen the bug if that doesn't work.

Comment 2

[Neil Deakin]

You're actually looking for the style 'direction' property, as in:

textbox { direction: rtl; }