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Flipped "Go back" text on RTL interfaces
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Author: OsamaK.WFM

Description:
In wide screens with RTL interfaces, the "Go back" button (e.g. in edit pages) is flipped upside down. In wide screens with LTR, the "Go back" text is not even shown.

See attached screenshot.


Version: unspecified
Severity: normal

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Reference
bz53102

Event Timeline

bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Needs Triage.Nov 22 2014, 2:02 AM
bzimport set Reference to bz53102.

OsamaK.WFM wrote:

Flipped "Go back" in the Arabic interface

Attached:

Screenshot_from_2013-08-20_20:19:27.png (533×669 px, 66 KB)

What browser/device do you see this on? (as I cannot replicate)

The Go back text should not be shown. The problem is that we apply a css transform to rotate it 180 degrees - that is why it is upside down.

Overflow:hidden should probably fix this but I need to know the browser and device..

OsamaK.WFM wrote:

Firefox 23 on Galaxy Note II (and Firefox for PC). It couldn't be replicated on Chrome for Mobile or the default Android "Internet" web browser.

Change 80653 had a related patch set uploaded by Jdlrobson:
Bug 53102: Simple fix for text indent in older browsers on cancel button

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/80653

Change 80653 merged by jenkins-bot:
Bug 53102: Simple fix for text indent in older browsers on cancel button

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/80653