palantir/blueprint

RTL Support

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#3,754 opened on Sep 27, 2019

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Domain: designStatus: needs proposalType: enhancementhelp wanted

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Description

Environment

  • Package version(s): 3
  • Browser and OS versions: Chrome, Windows 10

Question

For an app that is bilingual, It's obvious that changing the document direction is not enough.

Here is a sandbox example using the following components:

  • Navbar
  • Slider
  • Select
  • Breadcrumb
  • Menu
  • Tree
  • Table

With most components, the main problem appears to be with inner elements text alignment, margins, icons (mainly carets). However, the table component is totally messed up.

What's the proper way to use blueprint in a bilingual app having both LTR and RTL languages ?

Contributor guide

Research direction
Examine the Blueprint source code to identify components that lack RTL support. Focus on layout styles, margins, and icon orientations. Propose a systematic approach to add dir aware styling, perhaps using CSS logical properties or a utility library like 'rtl css js'.
Tech stack
typescriptreact
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
3-5 days
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
Active
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
Clear
Prerequisites
ReactCSS
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
65