[e] (0) Mention dir='' in the persisted user state stuff now that the…

… user can change it too. Fixing http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=10823 git-svn-id: http://svn.whatwg.org/webapps@5893 340c8d12-0b0e-0410-8428-c7bf67bfef74
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@@ -40934,6 +40934,7 @@ <h6 id=text-state-and-search-state><span class=secno>4.10.7.1.2 </span><dfn titl
   element's <a href=#concept-fe-value title=concept-fe-value>value</a>.</p>
 
   <!-- this next bit is also in the <textarea> section -->
+  <!-- and something similar is in the session history section -->
   <p>If the element is <i title=concept-input-mutable><a href=#concept-input-mutable>mutable</a></i>,
   the user agent should allow the user to change the writing direction
   of the element, setting it either to a left-to-right writing
@@ -46160,6 +46161,7 @@ <h4 id=the-textarea-element><span class=secno>4.10.13 </span>The <dfn><code>text
   attribute.</p>
 
   <!-- this next bit is also in the <input> Text/Search section -->
+  <!-- and something similar is in the session history section -->
   <p>If the element is <a href=#concept-textarea-mutable title=concept-textarea-mutable>mutable</a>, the user agent
   should allow the user to change the writing direction of the
   element, setting it either to a left-to-right writing direction or a
@@ -61506,10 +61508,21 @@ <h4 id=history-traversal><span class=secno>6.5.9 </span>History traversal</h4> <
    persisted user state</a>, but its URL has a fragment identifier,
    <a href=#scroll-to-the-fragment-identifier>scroll to the fragment identifier</a>.</li>
 
-   <li><p>If the entry is <a href=#an-entry-with-persisted-user-state>an entry with persisted user
-   state</a>, the user agent may update aspects of the document and
-   its rendering, for instance the scroll position or values of form
-   fields, that it had previously recorded.</li>
+   <li>
+
+    <p>If the entry is <a href=#an-entry-with-persisted-user-state>an entry with persisted user
+    state</a>, the user agent may update aspects of the document
+    and its rendering, for instance the scroll position or values of
+    form fields, that it had previously recorded.</p>
+
+    <!-- see similar paragraphs in the textarea and input sections -->
+    <p class=note>This can even include updating the <code title=attr-dir><a href=#the-dir-attribute>dir</a></code> attribute of <code><a href=#the-textarea-element>textarea</a></code>
+    elements or <code><a href=#the-input-element>input</a></code> elements whose <code title=attr-input-type><a href=#attr-input-type>type</a></code> attribute is in either the
+    <a href=#text-state-and-search-state title=attr-input-type-text>Text</a> state or the <a href=#text-state-and-search-state title=attr-input-type-search>Search</a> state, if the
+    persisted state includes the directionality of user input in such
+    controls.</p>
+
+   </li>
 
    <li><p>If the entry is a <a href=#state-object>state object</a> entry, let <var title="">state</var> be a <a href=#structured-clone>structured clone</a> of that
    state object. Otherwise, let <var title="">state</var> be

diff --git a/index b/index
@@ -40917,6 +40917,7 @@ interface <dfn id=htmlformelement>HTMLFormElement</dfn> : <a href=#htmlelement>H
   element's <a href=#concept-fe-value title=concept-fe-value>value</a>.</p>
 
   <!-- this next bit is also in the <textarea> section -->
+  <!-- and something similar is in the session history section -->
   <p>If the element is <i title=concept-input-mutable><a href=#concept-input-mutable>mutable</a></i>,
   the user agent should allow the user to change the writing direction
   of the element, setting it either to a left-to-right writing
@@ -46143,6 +46144,7 @@ interface <dfn id=htmloptionelement>HTMLOptionElement</dfn> : <a href=#htmleleme
   attribute.</p>
 
   <!-- this next bit is also in the <input> Text/Search section -->
+  <!-- and something similar is in the session history section -->
   <p>If the element is <a href=#concept-textarea-mutable title=concept-textarea-mutable>mutable</a>, the user agent
   should allow the user to change the writing direction of the
   element, setting it either to a left-to-right writing direction or a
@@ -61489,10 +61491,21 @@ State: &lt;OUTPUT NAME=I&gt;1&lt;/OUTPUT&gt; &lt;INPUT VALUE="Increment" TYPE=BU
    persisted user state</a>, but its URL has a fragment identifier,
    <a href=#scroll-to-the-fragment-identifier>scroll to the fragment identifier</a>.</li>
 
-   <li><p>If the entry is <a href=#an-entry-with-persisted-user-state>an entry with persisted user
-   state</a>, the user agent may update aspects of the document and
-   its rendering, for instance the scroll position or values of form
-   fields, that it had previously recorded.</li>
+   <li>
+
+    <p>If the entry is <a href=#an-entry-with-persisted-user-state>an entry with persisted user
+    state</a>, the user agent may update aspects of the document
+    and its rendering, for instance the scroll position or values of
+    form fields, that it had previously recorded.</p>
+
+    <!-- see similar paragraphs in the textarea and input sections -->
+    <p class=note>This can even include updating the <code title=attr-dir><a href=#the-dir-attribute>dir</a></code> attribute of <code><a href=#the-textarea-element>textarea</a></code>
+    elements or <code><a href=#the-input-element>input</a></code> elements whose <code title=attr-input-type><a href=#attr-input-type>type</a></code> attribute is in either the
+    <a href=#text-state-and-search-state title=attr-input-type-text>Text</a> state or the <a href=#text-state-and-search-state title=attr-input-type-search>Search</a> state, if the
+    persisted state includes the directionality of user input in such
+    controls.</p>
+
+   </li>
 
    <li><p>If the entry is a <a href=#state-object>state object</a> entry, let <var title="">state</var> be a <a href=#structured-clone>structured clone</a> of that
    state object. Otherwise, let <var title="">state</var> be

diff --git a/source b/source
@@ -45619,6 +45619,7 @@ interface <dfn>HTMLFormElement</dfn> : <span>HTMLElement</span> {
   element's <span title="concept-fe-value">value</span>.</p>
 
   <!-- this next bit is also in the <textarea> section -->
+  <!-- and something similar is in the session history section -->
   <p>If the element is <i title="concept-input-mutable">mutable</i>,
   the user agent should allow the user to change the writing direction
   of the element, setting it either to a left-to-right writing
@@ -51693,6 +51694,7 @@ interface <dfn>HTMLOptionElement</dfn> : <span>HTMLElement</span> {
   attribute.</p>
 
   <!-- this next bit is also in the <input> Text/Search section -->
+  <!-- and something similar is in the session history section -->
   <p>If the element is <span
   title="concept-textarea-mutable">mutable</span>, the user agent
   should allow the user to change the writing direction of the
@@ -69858,10 +69860,24 @@ State: &lt;OUTPUT NAME=I>1&lt;/OUTPUT> &lt;INPUT VALUE="Increment" TYPE=BUTTON O
    persisted user state</span>, but its URL has a fragment identifier,
    <span>scroll to the fragment identifier</span>.</p></li>
 
-   <li><p>If the entry is <span>an entry with persisted user
-   state</span>, the user agent may update aspects of the document and
-   its rendering, for instance the scroll position or values of form
-   fields, that it had previously recorded.</p></li>
+   <li>
+
+    <p>If the entry is <span>an entry with persisted user
+    state</span>, the user agent may update aspects of the document
+    and its rendering, for instance the scroll position or values of
+    form fields, that it had previously recorded.</p>
+
+    <!-- see similar paragraphs in the textarea and input sections -->
+    <p class="note">This can even include updating the <code
+    title="attr-dir">dir</code> attribute of <code>textarea</code>
+    elements or <code>input</code> elements whose <code
+    title="attr-input-type">type</code> attribute is in either the
+    <span title="attr-input-type-text">Text</span> state or the <span
+    title="attr-input-type-search">Search</span> state, if the
+    persisted state includes the directionality of user input in such
+    controls.</p>
+
+   </li>
 
    <li><p>If the entry is a <span>state object</span> entry, let <var
    title="">state</var> be a <span>structured clone</span> of that