Improve locale text direction detection mechanism#1987
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packages/starlight/utils/i18n.ts
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| function getLocaleDir(locale: Intl.Locale): 'ltr' | 'rtl' { | ||
| if ('textInfo' in locale) { | ||
| // @ts-expect-error - `textInfo` is typed but is available in v8 based environments. |
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Missing word in this comment I think:
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| // @ts-expect-error - `textInfo` is typed but is available in v8 based environments. | |
| // @ts-expect-error - `textInfo` is typed but is only available in v8 based environments. |
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Good catch, I think I removed a negation while trying to "simplify" the comment. Just added it back and I think this makes sense without the only but let me know if it's still confusing.
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| // @ts-expect-error - `textInfo` is typed but is available in v8 based environments. | ||
| return locale.textInfo.direction; | ||
| } else if ('getTextInfo' in locale) { | ||
| // @ts-expect-error - `getTextInfo` is typed but is available in some non-v8 based environments. |
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Here too? Now I’m doubting what you meant, but I think it’s this?
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| // @ts-expect-error - `getTextInfo` is typed but is available in some non-v8 based environments. | |
| // @ts-expect-error - `getTextInfo` is typed but is only available in some non-v8 based environments. |
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The newly locale text direction detection mechanism introduced in Starlight
0.24.0is based on the v8 implementation ofgetTextInfo()where it is implemented as an accessor property (textInfo).#1961 and #1986 surfaced that this broke in Bun which respects the spec and implements
getTextInfo()as a method.This is also an issue when running Starlight in a WebContainers, e.g. StackBlitz, where the implementation can vary between browsers.
getTextInfo()as an accessor property.getTextInfo()as a method.getTextInfo()ortextInfo.To handle with all these cases, the new version will use the following mechanism to detect the text direction:
textInfoas an accessor property.getTextInfo()as a method.Here are some screenshots of the checks in the Node.js and Bun REPLs:
Regarding the list of well-known RTL locales, I picked all the RTL languages from this list of common primary language subtags.