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563710819[Gecko] [Internet Explorer] [Opera] [Webkit] clarify that directionality affects native UI2010-10-15 21:52
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+  <h4>Text rendered in native user interfaces</h4>
 
+  <p>User agents are expected to honor the Unicode semantics of text
+  that is exposed in user interfaces, for example supporting the
+  bidirectional algorithm in text shown in dialogs, title bars, pop-up
+  menus, and tooltips. Text from elements (either attribute values or
+  the contents of elements) is expected to be rendered in a manner
+  that honors <span>the directionality</span> of the element from
+  which the text was obtained.</p>
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   <h3>Print media</h3>
 
   <p>User agents are expected to allow the user to request the

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