When displaying a LTR fallback label in a RTL locale we should add the `dir` and `lang` attribute
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	Jul 25 2023, 2:51 PM

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In the example below the the degree sign is displayed in the wrong position.

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Adding the dir=ltr attribute fixes this issue.

We should also add the lang attribute given that we know in which language the text is being displayed.

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Resolved	gengh	T363383 [24Q4] Wikifunctions's UX drives user behavior to increase linguistic accessibility
Resolved	gengh	T342661 When displaying a LTR fallback label in a RTL locale we should add the `dir` and `lang` attribute
Resolved	gengh	T296882 Consider whether to adopt Wikibase's {label,language} tuple (or replicate it) so we can show to the user what language a label is in inline

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AAlhazwani-WMF created this task.Jul 25 2023, 2:51 PM

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Amire80 renamed this task from When displaying a LTR fallback label in a RLT locale we should add the `dir` and `lang` attribute to When displaying a LTR fallback label in a RTL locale we should add the `dir` and `lang` attribute.Jul 25 2023, 2:58 PM

another use case to keep in mind while working on this

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This probably needs us to do T296882 first.

Jdforrester-WMF triaged this task as Medium priority.Aug 3 2023, 4:51 PM

Jdforrester-WMF moved this task from To Triage to Needs Product/Design on the Abstract Wikipedia team board.

Jdforrester-WMF mentioned this in T343464: Text in other language should have lang and dir attribute.Aug 7 2023, 12:42 PM

Jdforrester-WMF mentioned this in T343460: Make it clear which language the label is in.Aug 7 2023, 6:18 PM

Winston_Sung moved this task from Untriaged to RTL on the I18n board.Aug 9 2023, 12:00 PM

A bug-report in Telegram provided this example, which I believe is part of this task. Adding here in case live-examples are useful:
Screenshot from https://www.wikifunctions.org/wiki/Z11938?uselang=pnb versus https://www.wikifunctions.org/wiki/Z11938?uselang=en
where the text should display as +e Python but shows as e Python+ in RTL.

Jdforrester-WMF added a subtask: T296882: Consider whether to adopt Wikibase's {label,language} tuple (or replicate it) so we can show to the user what language a label is in inline.Mar 7 2024, 4:36 PM

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Change #1032417 had a related patch set uploaded (by Genoveva Galarza; author: Genoveva Galarza):

[mediawiki/extensions/WikiLambda@master] [WIP] Add dir and lang to HTML elements that differ from global uselang

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1032417

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Jdforrester-WMF closed subtask T296882: Consider whether to adopt Wikibase's {label,language} tuple (or replicate it) so we can show to the user what language a label is in inline as Resolved.May 21 2024, 7:12 PM

Change #1032417 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/extensions/WikiLambda@master] Add dir and lang to HTML elements that differ from global uselang

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1032417

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