Steps to replicate the issue (include links if applicable):
- Using a RTL interface language, e.g. pnb (Punjabi Shahmukhi, right-to-left Perso-Arabic script)
- Load an entity, e.g. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Lexeme:L123?uselang=pnb
- Start adding a statement
- Select a property such as P8530 https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P8530?uselang=pnb
What happens?:
Extremely long horizontal scroll is added to the page as soon as a new statement is added.
What should have happened instead?:
No horizontal scrolling.
Software version (skip for WMF-hosted wikis like Wikipedia):
Other information (browser name/version, screenshots, etc.):
This has been happening in the last couple of weeks; this did not used to happen.
It happens in the latest stable version of Firefox on Windows desktop and Firefox 105 in Linux.
It does not happen on mobile Chromium (browsing Wikidata in "Desktop mode") or a desktop browser based on Chromium 104.
It happens when editing labels, sitelinks or statements. It does not happen when editing lemmas, forms or senses.