[buddypress-trac] [BuddyPress Trac] #5855: RTL support for @atme mention auto-suggestions

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#5855: RTL support for @atme mention auto-suggestions
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 Reporter:  netweb         |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)   |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal         |   Milestone:  2.1
Component:  Notifications  |     Version:
 Severity:  normal         |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                 |
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Comment (by netweb):

 Replying to [comment:2 DJPaul]:
 > When I tested this previously, I noticed bad CSS issues, but I think I
 know why it might not be finding the same user results. In
 https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/browser/trunk/src/bp-core/bp-core-
 classes.php#L2672 I made the assumption that a username in RTL would
 effectively be "reversed" in the database compared to what we expect in a
 LTR language (e..g. stored as "lauP" instead of "Paul"), so the
 `search_wildcard` position is flipped around.

 I was making all kinds of 'guesses' as to how all the logic in this works
 also, I'm quite sure mine is entirely flawed :P

 Here goes, it is RTL, which relates to reading and writing, or display in
 our case, but the order is still the same for this use case, If I want to
 mention `Paul`, I type `P`, `a`, `u`, `l`, and I do exactly the same for
 `lauP`, `P` is the first letter reading from right to left, `a` is the
 second, `u` the third and lastly `l`.

 > I guess I should have done research to check if that quick assumption
 was accurate or not; let's find a RTL user and ask them. :) It is easy to
 change if the assumption was faulty, though the CSS fixes will require
 much more effort.
 Indeed, this is really the only way to know for certain ;)

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