line break attribute 'clear' in other writing modes than LTR

[Regina Henschel]

Hi all,

the ODF TC is working on issue OFFICE-4124 'clear' attribute for line 
breaks [1]. This attribute has been introduced by Miklos for LibreOffice 
7.6.

The question arises in the TC, how this attribute is supposed to work in 
other writing modes than LTR.

The corresponding attribute in CSS seems to work so, that clear:left 
uses the physical meaning of 'left' and not the meaning of 'start'. But 
without knowledge of an RTL language nor a CJK language, I cannot really 
test it.

So perhaps someone with knowledge in such languages can examine how 
LibreOffice interprets clear:left and clear:right. (Hossein? Jonathan?)
And Miklos can tell how it is intended to work?

The command is located in the UI in menu Insert > More breaks > Manual 
Break. That opens the 'Insert Break' dialog. Chose the option 'Line 
break' there and then one of the items in drop-down list 'Restart Location'.

It would be helpful, if you not only test it, but when you could provide 
suitable test documents too; and in case LibreOffice has a proper export 
of this attribute to docx (I don't know), then test documents in docx 
format too.

[1] https://issues.oasis-open.org/projects/OFFICE/issues/OFFICE-4124

Kind regards,
Regina







[1] https://issues.oasis-open.org/projects/OFFICE/issues/OFFICE-4124