How are underlines positioned in Arabic text?
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- HTML
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Description
CSS and browser implementers are looking for information about how to position underlines for various scripts, including Arabic. Can we provide them with the information they need (and add it to the layout requirements doc)? See https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/issues/459#issuecomment-261454177
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the linked CSSWG issue and comment, then review the repository's layout requirements document. Document the information CSS and browser implementers need for positioning underlines in Arabic and other relevant scripts, with the completed guidance added to that document.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- css
- Domain
- documentation, internationalization
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100