[html5] r6339 - [e] (0) Add a note about why you would persist dir='' in history traversal. Fixi [...]

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Author: ianh
Date: 2011-07-29 16:36:41 -0700 (Fri, 29 Jul 2011)
New Revision: 6339

Modified:
   complete.html
   index
   source
Log:
[e] (0) Add a note about why you would persist dir='' in history traversal.
Fixing http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=10823

Modified: complete.html
===================================================================
--- complete.html	2011-07-29 01:41:50 UTC (rev 6338)
+++ complete.html	2011-07-29 23:36:41 UTC (rev 6339)
@@ -62907,6 +62907,13 @@
   <p class=example>For example, some user agents might want to
   persist the scroll position, or the values of form controls.</p>
 
+  <p class=note>User agents that persist the value of form controls
+  are encouraged to also persist their directionality (the value of
+  the element's <code title=attr-dir><a href=#the-dir-attribute>dir</a></code> attribute). This
+  prevents values from being displayed incorrectly after a history
+  traversal when the user had originally entered the values with an
+  explicit, non-default directionality.</p>
+
   <p>Entries that consist of <a href=#state-object title="state object">state
   objects</a> share the same <code><a href=#document>Document</a></code> as the entry for
   the page that was active when they were added.</p>

Modified: index
===================================================================
--- index	2011-07-29 01:41:50 UTC (rev 6338)
+++ index	2011-07-29 23:36:41 UTC (rev 6339)
@@ -62779,6 +62779,13 @@
   <p class=example>For example, some user agents might want to
   persist the scroll position, or the values of form controls.</p>
 
+  <p class=note>User agents that persist the value of form controls
+  are encouraged to also persist their directionality (the value of
+  the element's <code title=attr-dir><a href=#the-dir-attribute>dir</a></code> attribute). This
+  prevents values from being displayed incorrectly after a history
+  traversal when the user had originally entered the values with an
+  explicit, non-default directionality.</p>
+
   <p>Entries that consist of <a href=#state-object title="state object">state
   objects</a> share the same <code><a href=#document>Document</a></code> as the entry for
   the page that was active when they were added.</p>

Modified: source
===================================================================
--- source	2011-07-29 01:41:50 UTC (rev 6338)
+++ source	2011-07-29 23:36:41 UTC (rev 6339)
@@ -71471,6 +71471,13 @@
   <p class="example">For example, some user agents might want to
   persist the scroll position, or the values of form controls.</p>
 
+  <p class="note">User agents that persist the value of form controls
+  are encouraged to also persist their directionality (the value of
+  the element's <code title="attr-dir">dir</code> attribute). This
+  prevents values from being displayed incorrectly after a history
+  traversal when the user had originally entered the values with an
+  explicit, non-default directionality.</p>
+
   <p>Entries that consist of <span title="state object">state
   objects</span> share the same <code>Document</code> as the entry for
   the page that was active when they were added.</p>