Language plugin requires dir attribute to be set on a <span> element

[vivienlacourba]

Type of report

Bug

Provide detailed reproduction steps (if any)

CKEditor requires the dir attribute to be present when setting the lang attribute on a <span>. If it is not present it will remove the <span> element.

To reproduce copy the following in source mode:

A) With both the lang and dir attributes => OK

<p>In French Hello is <span dir="ltr" lang="fr">Salut</span>.</p>

B) With only the lang attribute => NOT OK

If the dir attribute is not present CKEditor will remove the <span> tag.

<p>In French Hello is <span lang="fr">Salut</span>.</p>

Will be transformed in:

<p>In French Hello is Salut.</p>

Expected result

Setting the lang without specifying the dir attribute (as shown in the above test B), should be accepted as it is valid HTML code.

Other details

• CKEditor version: CKEditor 4.17.1 (revision f6dd308)
• Installed CKEditor plugins:

• a11ychecker
• a11yhelp
• about
• balloonpanel
• clipboard
• codesnippet
• codeTag
• dialog
• image
• language
• link
• magicline
• menubutton
• pastefromgdocs
• pastefromlibreoffice
• pastefromword
• pastetools
• pbckcode
• scayt
• special
• table
• tableselection
• widget

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[Comandeer]

Sorry for the delayed response. I can confirm that the plugin requires both parameters. However, I'd changed the type of the issue to feature request as the behavior you described was never planned before for the plugin.

[CKEditorBot]

Closed in #5224