default language in metro app bug

Question

Hi there,

I found a bug in the metro app, when I use a diffrent default language like he-IL for RTL view (properties of the application window), I saw that the flip view simple example with 3 images is not working!!! it jumping and have bad styling, any help?

Thanks Eran. 

Answer 1

Eran - can you explain how to set this up to reproduce? 

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Matt Small - Microsoft Escalation Engineer - Forum Moderator

Answer 2

Ofcourse, 

On the solution explorer -> right click on the project (Not on the solution!) and then Properties -> General -> Default Language
should change from en-US to he-IL for rtl language.

In this case now the css will auto change to be align right and some other changes.

The build a simple filpview that show for example, images, Thane you will see that the images will not appear.

By the way,
For now I put on the div element of the WinJS.UI.FlipView a style="direction: ltr" but of course the direction of the element is the oposite way of the application.  

Thanks,

Eran

Answer 3

Hi Eran - I loaded the javascript flipview sample and changed the default language to he-IL as you suggested, but I do not see any difference at all.  Am I doing something wrong?

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Matt Small - Microsoft Escalation Engineer - Forum Moderator

Answer 4

Hi I really don't know why but when I change the sample to he-IL it's not change for me either.

What I did is open a new Blank Application then its add automatically Default Language : en-US then
Just change it to he-IL and then you will see that the sample content will align right.

Then you can copy the filpview sample into it. and you will see the problems.

Maybe from old reasons the sample of the flipview sample standalone, is not allowed  default language changes. as I saw even the default en-US, not set in the flipview template which is weird.

Thanks Eran

Answer 5

I am able to reproduce this behavior and will file a bug on it.

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Matt Small - Microsoft Escalation Engineer - Forum Moderator

Answer 6

FYI: This is a known bug with RTL languages and Flipview.

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Matt Small - Microsoft Escalation Engineer - Forum Moderator

Answer 7

Hi Matt,

I found another issue with rtl languges and same problems happend the tamplates actually two majour issue:

When you try to have rtl languge like display above and use the grid application template, and then go to the group page (press on one title do the job) then snap the page and open to full screen you can see that the page's start position is on the left. \

This major issue flow to the second issue when a long listview on this kind of pages like this:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/br211837.aspx

has a property indexOfLastVisible property which now has wrong value..

Do you know if there is a know bug on this issues?

Thanks

Eran

Answer 8

FYI: This is a known bug with RTL languages and Flipview.

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Matt Small - Microsoft Escalation Engineer - Forum Moderator

Hi,

We're adding Arabic to an existing Store app and I'm seeing the same problems with FlipView and RTL originally reported here, does anyone know if this bug was ever fixed? Problem is happening on both 8 and 8.1.

Thanks

Conor