[#34444] - [4.0] Improving the display of an arrow in language string in "plg_system_updatenotification.*"
- Fixed in Code Base
- 7 Jun 2021
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- Build: 4.0-dev
- # 34444
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- max123kl:display-of-arrow
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I will look for the places and then add the modifications here.
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This will force TTs with RTL languages to use ← instead of the right arrow.
I am not in favor of this change.
I agree with @infograf768 . Like it is now without this PR, translation teams can easily see the ">" and replace it with whatever is appropriate in their language and writing system. With the changes in this PR they have to replace → e.g. with ← in case of RTL direction.
In the changed files, the character > (and twice ->) has been used so far.
For optical reasons, I have suggested replacing it with the right arrow. Moreover, the right arrow is used within the JDOC and JHelp pages.
The HTML code → (or → or →) is equivalent to the → right arrow (Unicode U+2192). See also
I am not familiar with RTL languages – what is used for the > character there so far?
If the character < is used there, it is very easy (if it is necessary for optical reasons at all) to take the left arrow ← (Unicode "U+2190" = HTML: ← or ← or ←) instead.
Both arrow characters can also be entered directly via keyboard shortcuts, depending on the editor and operating system used.
Sorry that's a stupid response that once again says that we dont trust translators to do a good job. Of course they are intelligent enough to understand that they have to change a right arrow to a left arrow. And if they didn't know the html char code for the arrow (or didnt know what the code was) 5 seconds with duckduckgo would tell them.
This is a good PR and a good improvement. It is also a great accessibility improvement for anyone using a screen reader. For example the following string "content > categories" will be announced as "content greater than categories" using NVDA instead of this improved PR where it is announced as "content right arrow categories" or "content categories"
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Am still not a fan of it, but it's not on me to decide. RTC.
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If this change is to made then it really should be made in the (at least) ten other places