in flow, under FF (not reproducible on chrome), the words "Edited" and "Before" are getting connected in RTL UI and LTR content.
Example: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Topic:Tq4l6y2iw1jjd19w?uselang=he (the 4th comment in the thread)
Possible fixes:
| Project | Branch | Lines +/- | Subject | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| mediawiki/extensions/Flow | master | +9 -0 | Fix various bugs with timestamps in mixed directionality |
Unfortunately we can't use .flow-timestamp span { unicode-bidi: bidi-override; }, because then when viewing hewiki with my user language set to English, this happens:
However, it's not like it isn't already broken right now, it's just less bad:
Viewing an English-language wiki with ?uselang=he is broken in the same way:
Forcing the direction on .flow-timestamp span (similar dir="auto", but using CSS) fixes both the bug you reported, and these additional problems.
There was one additional problem, which meant I also had to force the direction AND set unicode-bidi: embed on .flow-post-timestamp:
Change 398891 had a related patch set uploaded (by Catrope; owner: Catrope):
[mediawiki/extensions/Flow@master] Fix various bugs with timestamps in mixed directionality
Change 398891 merged by jenkins-bot:
[mediawiki/extensions/Flow@master] Fix various bugs with timestamps in mixed directionality
Checked in betalabs in hewiki and enwiki with uselang=he.
The following
<span datetime="1442618917000" class="flow-timestamp"> <span class="flow-timestamp-user-formatted">18 בספטמבר 2015 16:28</span> <span id="jthdbeiioc" class="flow-timestamp-ago">לפני שנתיים</span> </span>
will be displayed:
vs the current incorrect display:
