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Bug 40300 - Broken autocomplete for Arabic scripts
Broken autocomplete for Arabic scripts
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 33242
Product: MediaWiki
Classification: Unclassified
Internationalization (Other open bugs)
unspecified
All All
: Low normal (vote)
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Assigned To: Nobody - You can work on this!
: i18n, javascript, need-volunteer
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Reported: 2012-09-17 14:54 UTC by Aude
Modified: 2012-09-20 15:19 UTC (History)
9 users (show)

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2012-09-17 14:54 UTC, Aude 		Details
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Description Aude 2012-09-17 14:54:45 UTC 
Created attachment 11118 [details]
autocomplete broken in arabic scripts

The highlighting used in the autocomplete JavaScript is problematic for languages (e.g. Farsi, Urdu, Arabic, ...) using Arabic script. When bolding is applied to matching characters, it breaks how the letters in the work ought to connect.

The problem occurs on the ItemView page, when selecting a site link page, and anywhere else the highlighting is used.

http://wikidata-test-repo.wikimedia.de/wiki/Data:Q2

For Arabic language scripts, I think bolding is unnecessary for autocomplete.
Comment 1 jeblad 2012-09-19 16:09:56 UTC 
Use <b> but style it appropriately, or use <strong>.
Comment 2 Aude 2012-09-19 16:39:51 UTC 
<b> or <strong> cause the problem and it's not a solution.
Comment 3 denny vrandecic 2012-09-20 09:34:20 UTC 
That's a problem with MediaWiki in general, it has the same behaviour on the ar.wikipedia.
Comment 4 Srikanth Logic 2012-09-20 11:46:37 UTC 
Similar issue was fixed for Indic languages in https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/18247/ in ULS
Comment 5 Srikanth Logic 2012-09-20 11:51:03 UTC 
(In reply to comment #4)
> Similar issue was fixed for Indic languages in
> https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/18247/ in ULS

Err got confused. The above may be related but doesnt really fix the same problem. This bug is possibly a duplicate of bug 33242
Comment 6 Amir E. Aharoni 2012-09-20 15:17:09 UTC 
It happens in regular search windows on Wikipedia, too. Moving to MediaWiki core. I wonder whether there's a dupe of it somewhere.
Comment 7 Amir E. Aharoni 2012-09-20 15:19:31 UTC 
Of course it's a dupe - I should have read previous comments.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 33242 ***
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