IE Cursor positioning for Language:RTL style behaves differently to other browsers

[Satya Minnekanti]

To reproduce the defect

1. Open Ajax Sample

2. click on Language:RTL Style option in Styles drop down list.

3. Type the first word and then press Space bar.

Expected Result:

See that the cursor is positioned at one space next to the end of the previous word.

Actual Result:

The Cursor moves to the beginning of the line and when we start typing the next word cursor moves to the correct position.

[Frederico Caldeira Knabben]

The reported behavior can be verified in IE only. The reason for it, much probably, is because LTR text is being written inside a RTL element. IE does it well, by moving the caret to the left, as soon as the LTR word finishes being typed.

To test it properly, you should type real RTL text and see the results. I'm sure it'll behave as expected.

Finally, this is a native browser behavior and even if we find out that it should not be like that, we would not be able to change it.

[Garry Yao]

It's just because you're typing characters (English) that have by default left-to-right layout. You'll need a Hebrew keyboard layout to test this feature.