dirname-rtl-manual.html

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<meta charset=utf-8>

<title>Submitting element directionality: the dirname attribute (rtl)</title>

<link rel="author" title="Denis Ah-Kang" href="mailto:denis@w3.org">

<link rel=help href="https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/#submitting-element-directionality:-the-dirname-attribute">

<form action="dirname-rtl-manual.html" method=get>

  <p><label>User: <input type=text name="user" dirname="user.dir" required></label></p>

  <p><label>Comment: <textarea name="comment" dirname="comment.dir" required></textarea></label></p>

  <p><button type=submit>Post Comment</button></p>

</form>

<p>Switch to a right-to-left writing direction, enter a text in the input and textarea, and submit the form.</p>

<p>Test passes if the word "PASS" appears below</p>

<script>

  function getParameterByName(name) {

    name = name.replace(/[\[]/, "\\[").replace(/[\]]/, "\\]");

    var regex = new RegExp("[\\?&]" + name + "=([^&#]*)"),

    results = regex.exec(location.search);

    return results == null ? "" : decodeURIComponent(results[1].replace(/\+/g, " "));

  var userDir = getParameterByName("user.dir");

  var commentDir = getParameterByName("comment.dir");

  if (commentDir && userDir) {

    var p = document.createElement("p");

    var success = (commentDir == "rtl" && userDir == "rtl")

    p.textContent = success ? "PASS" : "FAIL";

    document.body.appendChild(p);

</script>