Use of lang= and xml:lang= attributes is awkward
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launchpad itself |
Triaged
|
Low
|
Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Launchpad Answers question pages use the lang= HTML attribute, and the xml:lang= attribute, to indicate the language of the question. This is done for the <html> element, and then overridden for all the parts of the page that *aren't* the question, resulting in a lot of lang= attributes for every page in Launchpad:
* <html xml:lang="ar" lang="ar">
* <title>Ubuntu question #36483: “ماهي طريقة تنصيب الاوبنتو من الصفر؟”</title>
* <div id="globalheader" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
* <div id="locationbar" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
* <div id="structuralo
* <form id="globalsearch" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
* <ul id="application
* <div id="container">
* <div id="maincontent">
* <div xml:lang="en" lang="en">question metadata</div>
* <h1>ماهي طريقة تنصيب الاوبنتو من الصفر؟</h1>
* (question and discussion)
* <div xml:lang="en" lang="en">To post...</div>
* <div id="ask-
* <div id="porlets" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
* <div id="globalfooter" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
* <div id="help-pane">
It would be simpler if we specified that the <body> was in English, and then overrode that for the question and discussion:
* <html xml:lang="ar" lang="ar">
* <body xml:lang="en" lang="en">
* <h1 xml:lang="ar" lang="ar">ماهي طريقة تنصيب الاوبنتو من الصفر؟</h1>
* <div xml:lang="ar" lang="ar">question and discussion</div>
| Changed in launchpad-answers: | |
| importance: | Undecided → Low |
| status: | New → Triaged |
