Last modified: 2014-08-05 20:23:05 UTC
Created attachment 15436 [details] a screenshot with the problem In LTR wikis the username is left-aligned and appears next to the user icon. Based on this logic, in RTL wikis the username should be right-aligned. This is what happens in Chrome, but in Firefox it's left-aligned, and away from the user icon. I suspect that this is a Firefox bug, but it needs further investigation. See the screenshot; Firefox is on the top.
I am inviting some non-MediaWiki people to test this, so here are more detailed instructions to reproduce: 1. Log in to the Hebrew Wikipedia. 2. Click the Beta link in the top bar near the username (or go to https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-betafeatures ). 3. Check "סרגל אישי מוקטן". 4. Scroll down and save the preferences. 5. Examine the little box with the username in the top left corner.
I didn't investigate this too deeply myself, but a standards expert told me that the likely cause is the following Firefox bug: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=645642 I'm going to add a CSS workaround.
Change 134076 had a related patch set uploaded by Amire80: Set explicit text-align on pt-flyout https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/134076
Change 134076 merged by jenkins-bot: Set explicit text-align on pt-flyout https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/134076
Patch was merged, so assuming bug is fixed. Please re-open if that's not the case.