On Apr 12, 2012, at 8:12 AM, Kyle Sluder wrote: > On Apr 12, 2012, at 12:11 AM, Lee Ann Rucker <lruc...@vmware.com> wrote: > >> That's interesting, because the doc disagrees: >> >> "Text using NSNaturalTextAlignment is actually displayed using one of the >> other alignments, depending on the natural alignment of the text’s script." > > You're looking at the reference for NSText, not NSTextField.
OK, there's a [NSControl setAlignment:] that NSTextField inherits, and it takes the same values. > > As I said, I would probably find it surprising if, in an interface designed > for an LTR language, entering RTL text suddenly changed the alignment of my > text fields. That could seriously disrupt the readability of a form. (I must > note that I don't write in any RTL languages.) > > Of course it should respect the writing direction, so the cursor would remain > fixed at the left of the text field while typed characters were appended to > the left. > > For a text view, however, I would definitely want RTL text to be aligned to > the right. > > I would not be surprised if NSTextFieldCell configures its field editor with > left/right alignment based on the UI direction rather than passing on the > natural alignment. That might be worth testing. > > --Kyle Sluder _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
