Right-to-left language support #22730

sftim · 2020-07-25T12:55:31Z

This is a Feature Request

What would you like to be added
Add support for serving the Kubernetes website and displaying it in a right-to-left language such as Arabic, Hebrew or Urdu.

Why is this needed
On the web, content is usually rendered horizontally. Existing merged localizations are all right-to-left, or can be (Chinese and Japanese, for example, are also sometimes written top-to-bottom starting top right).

Comments
We'll need this as part of adding Arabic and Persian.

This is likely to form an umbrella issue with child issues to cover specific topics.

/area web-development

sftim · 2020-07-25T13:05:30Z

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/priority important-longterm

celestehorgan · 2020-07-25T18:09:51Z

For visibility adding generalized support for this is an open issue in hugo: gohugoio/hugo#3255. This issue also proposes a reasonable stop-gap solution.

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sftim · 2022-10-27T09:40:45Z

Also see #37546

sftim · 2024-02-06T18:52:59Z

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sftim · 2024-02-06T18:53:16Z

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mboukhalfa · 2024-02-07T13:33:17Z

In his preview we can see the issue with the logo position when changing the language to Arabic :
https://deploy-preview-45056--kubernetes-io-main-staging.netlify.app/ar/

sftim · 2024-05-11T18:31:28Z

The key things I think we should do are:

set dir attributes on the <html> or <body> element of all pages (whatever locale they are in). Hugo already knows the text direction for each localization. Pick one of <html> or <body> and stick with that choice
validate that the header and footer work the way we want in RTL locales (making fixes if needed)
- and without LTR locale regressions
check if we want RTL versions of the Kubernetes and CNCF logos (the action is to check, nothing more at this stage)
validate that https://kubernetes.io/releases/download/ works right for RTL locales, because this page has a bunch of custom layouts, and is important to get right
validate that https://kubernetes.io/docs/home/supported-doc-versions/ works right for RTL locales (it should just work!)

ricardoamaro · 2024-05-15T17:10:51Z

Per the SIG docs meeting and as a follow-up, could we try segregating the work in consumable chunks that several people could pick up independently?

mboukhalfa · 2024-05-15T18:05:11Z

Per the SIG docs meeting and as a follow-up, could we try segregating the work in consumable chunks that several people could pick up independently?

Probably we can open a discussion on github and also slack and we go through the following points :

Identify clearly the issues and their scope (k8s / docsy / specific CSS file or layout)
Set how solution should look like and also its scope (push fix to docy / k8s for all the website / keep the fix only for RTL lang example )
Create couple of issues each with a clear technical problem and describe how to fix

chalin · 2024-05-15T18:54:35Z

FYI, I've slated some time this week to start working on Docsy RTL support (google/docsy#1442). I'm off next week, so I don't know when it'll get wrapped up. Again, FYI.

Side note: there still doesn't seem to be a lot of interest for Docsy RTL support if I judge from the number of 👍. @ricardoamaro et al., if you haven't already, could you given google/docsy#1442 a thumbs up?

sftim · 2024-05-15T20:04:53Z

@chalin if you want to talk about the challenges in broad strokes (I don't speak any language usually written RTL, so I'm not the right person for fine details), I can make time in the next few months. Nudge me on K8s Slack if this sounds useful.

chalin · 2024-05-16T08:38:51Z

Here's a preview of Docsy RTL support: https://deploy-preview-2002--docsydocs.netlify.app/docs/ using the en but configured as if an rtl language. @mboukhalfa et al., let me know what you think.

Edit: if it looks ok overall, I can update the Docsy example, which has pages written in an actual RTL language for a better preview.

Thanks for the offer @sftim, I may take you up on it if necessary -- maybe the changes illustrated above cover the necessary bases?

mboukhalfa · 2024-05-16T08:48:01Z

Here's a preview of Docsy RTL support: https://deploy-preview-2002--docsydocs.netlify.app/docs/ using the en but configured as if an rtl language. @mboukhalfa et al., let me know what you think.

Thanks for the offer @sftim, I may take you up on it if necessary -- maybe the changes illustrated above cover the necessary bases?

Thanks @chalin That preview seems managing the navbar nicely but I still can see an issue with current page path, the slash is not in the correct place :

I am sure on the docsy example it would look much better than what we have on k8s because on k8s we are not using native docsy layout for navbar and navbar-brand our customization cause us more troubles

sftim · 2024-05-16T09:18:04Z

I think we could switch Kubernetes to native layouts more (see #41171)

chalin · 2024-05-16T09:29:37Z

@mboukhalfa et al. - could you have another look at the preview, I've fixed some issues: https://deploy-preview-2002--docsydocs.netlify.app/docs/language/

mboukhalfa · 2024-05-16T09:38:21Z

@mboukhalfa et al. - could you have another look at the preview, I've fixed some issues: https://deploy-preview-2002--docsydocs.netlify.app/docs/language/

Great work @chalin looks good to me from the preview I will take a detailed look later and check the implementation If you can link me to the code PR would be nice ! I am not sure if the menu with small device preview stay in horizontal list still the expected behavior ?

sftim · 2024-05-16T09:42:38Z

If you can link me to the code PR would be nice ! I am not sure if the menu with small device preview stay in horizontal list still the expected behavior ?

It's google/docsy#2002

chalin · 2024-05-17T01:06:21Z

Persian Docsy example pages: https://example.docsy.dev/fa/docs/
If you have questions or comment about Docsy RTL, add them to one of:
- Display Persian (fa) pages in right-to-left (RTL) fashion & other improvements google/docsy-example#295
- Reintroduce RTL support using BSv5 RTLCSS google/docsy#1442

sftim · 2024-06-11T14:01:35Z

I've linked some PRs to #41171 that help pave the way to using more upstream Docsy support, and eventually to adding RTL language support.

chalin · 2024-10-10T18:39:42Z

Status update: after a change in implementation strategy, Docsy's RTL support is looking good. All known issues (e.g., with the navs and footer) have been resolved. Site previews:

https://example.docsy.dev/fa/docs/overview/
https://rtl--docsydocs.netlify.app - an en version of the Docsy website, but set with RTL as language direction. This helps me figure out what I'm looking at (I can't read Persian :)), and validate that the light/dark mode dropdown is now working.

As was mentioned before, if you have questions or comment about Docsy RTL, add them to one of:

Reintroduce RTL support using BSv5 RTLCSS google/docsy#1442 -- this is the main tracker issue (FYI)
Display Persian (fa) pages in right-to-left (RTL) fashion & other improvements google/docsy-example#295

If no other issues are found, then I'll be updating the Docsy docs to explain how to set up RTL support, and then publish an official version. Please give a thumbs up to google/docsy#1442 if you haven't already.

adowair · 2024-10-13T19:20:52Z

Thank you for pushing this through the long haul @chalin—we're looking forward to pulling this into Kubernetes!

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