⚓ T420687 lang and dir attributes are not applied to rendered Abstract Wikipedia preview
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lang and dir attributes are not applied to rendered Abstract Wikipedia preview
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DSmit-WMF
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Amire80
Mar 20 2026, 2:58 AM
2026-03-20 02:58:57 (UTC+0)
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WikiLambda
RTL
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I18n
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Abstract Wikipedia team (26Q3 (Jan–Mar))
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MW-1.46-notes (1.46.0-wmf.21; 2026-03-24)
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Mar 20 2026, 2:58 AM
2026-03-20 02:58:57 (UTC+0)
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Description
Steps to replicate the issue
(include links if applicable):
Set your user interface language on Abstract Wikipedia to English.
Go to
The page is initially loaded in English.
Select Hebrew in the language selector.
What happens?
A Hebrew sentence is shown. It's aligned to the left, and the full top is on the right-hand end of the sentence.
What should have happened instead?
When a Hebrew sentence is shown, it must be aligned to the right, and the full stop must be on the left-hand end of the sentence.
The easy way to do this is probably to apply the appropriate
lang
and
dir
attributes to the HTML element with the content in the target language. It probably makes sense to apply those attributes to that element on the initial load of the page, even if they are the same as the same attributes on parent elements (
, etc.)
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AbstractPreview: apply selected preview language lang/dir to abstract preview body
mediawiki/extensions/WikiLambda
wmf/1.46.0-wmf.21
+23
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AbstractPreview: apply selected preview language lang/dir to abstract preview body
mediawiki/extensions/WikiLambda
master
+23
-0
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Mentioned In
T420654: Set up an interwiki prefix for Abstract Wikipedia
T420725: Abstract Wikipedia allows creation of existing articles
T420916: Direct browses to Special:CreateAbstract/Q123456 don't work on publishing, attempt to publish to Q0
Mentioned Here
T420654: Set up an interwiki prefix for Abstract Wikipedia
T420725: Abstract Wikipedia allows creation of existing articles
T420916: Direct browses to Special:CreateAbstract/Q123456 don't work on publishing, attempt to publish to Q0
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2026-03-20 02:58:57 (UTC+0)
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lang and he attributes are not applied to rendered Abstract Wikipedia preview
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lang and dir attributes are not applied to rendered Abstract Wikipedia preview
Mar 24 2026, 12:36 PM
2026-03-24 12:36:24 (UTC+0)
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Change #1259987 had a related patch set uploaded (by Daphne Smit; author: Daphne Smit):
[mediawiki/extensions/WikiLambda@master] AbstractPreview: apply selected preview language lang/dir to abstract preview body
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Change #1259987
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[mediawiki/extensions/WikiLambda@master] AbstractPreview: apply selected preview language lang/dir to abstract preview body
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Change #1259994 had a related patch set uploaded (by Jforrester; author: Daphne Smit):
[mediawiki/extensions/WikiLambda@wmf/1.46.0-wmf.21] AbstractPreview: apply selected preview language lang/dir to abstract preview body
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Change #1259994
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[mediawiki/extensions/WikiLambda@wmf/1.46.0-wmf.21] AbstractPreview: apply selected preview language lang/dir to abstract preview body
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Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations)
[2026-03-24T20:20:15Z]
T420916
)]], [[gerrit:1259994|AbstractPreview: apply selected preview language lang/dir to abstract preview body (
T420687
)]], [[gerrit:1260092|AbstractTitle: Handle pageinfo responses without normalized titles (
T420725
)]], [[gerrit:1259992|[abstractwiki] Don't list abstract as a langlist entry
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T420916: Direct browses to Special:CreateAbstract/Q123456 don't work on publishing, attempt to publish to Q0
Mar 24 2026, 8:20 PM
2026-03-24 20:20:25 (UTC+0)
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T420725: Abstract Wikipedia allows creation of existing articles
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T420654: Set up an interwiki prefix for Abstract Wikipedia
Mar 24 2026, 8:22 PM
2026-03-24 20:22:34 (UTC+0)
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Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations)
[2026-03-24T20:22:33Z]
T420916
)]], [[gerrit:1259994|AbstractPreview: apply selected preview language lang/dir to abstract preview body (
T420687
)]], [[gerrit:1260092|AbstractTitle: Handle pageinfo responses without normalized titles (
T420725
)]], [[gerrit:1259992|[abstractwiki] Don't list abstract as a langlist entry (
T420654
)]] s
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Deployed to wmf.21, which abstract.wikipedia.org will move to tomorrow morning.
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Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations)
[2026-03-24T20:27:26Z]
T420916
)]], [[gerrit:1259994|AbstractPreview: apply selected preview language lang/dir to abstract preview body (
T420687
)]], [[gerrit:1260092|AbstractTitle: Handle pageinfo responses without normalized titles (
T420725
)]], [[gerrit:1259992|[abstractwiki] Don't list abstract as a langlist entry
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Wed, Mar 25, 1:49 PM
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OK, this is fixed for the content lang/dir in the DOM, but we don't refresh the title correctly. Will follow that up in a different patch.
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