Next and previous are deliberately used instead of left & right because they flip in RTL mode.

In T155197#2937264, @Esanders wrote:

Next and previous are deliberately used instead of left & right because they flip in RTL mode.

Alright, makes sense, I'll modify the ticket description accordingly.

The inconsistency between caretLast & previous could be fixed, but other than that there's little to be gained from renaming these. (< this was related to the original proposals). I don't feel particularly strongly about how arrows are named other than that they are consistent, and there should be a good reason to rename them to avoid disruption.

In the process of T177432 we're going for some of the culminated to be renamed elements like 'arrowLast' to 'arrowPrevious'. Nevertheless, I doubt that 'caretPrevious' is preferable over 'previous', given the needed process of renaming icons in OOUI and that developers/users still have to look up the correct name anyways.

@Volker_E: Sorry, originally when I created this task I thought it would be a nice idea, but thinking about it now I'm aware that it's not very good. I'm fine if you'd like to ultimately decline this task.

@SamanthaNguyen Thanks. I propose to set it to resolved when the 'arrowPrevious' change is in and will summarize that we've only fixed the most confusing naming diversion.