Bug 416013 - switching the text input direction should not affect emptytext. r=ehsan,gavin

toolkit/content/widgets/textbox.xml

@@ -205,6 +205,10 @@
           this.boxObject.removeProperty("value");
         }
 
+        // Bindings that extend this one wouldn't inherit the
+        // chromedir attribute if it would only be set in <content>.
+        this.setAttribute("chromedir", "]]>&locale.dir;<![CDATA[");
+
         this._updateVisibleText();
         this._setNewlineHandling();
       ]]></constructor>

toolkit/content/xul.css

@@ -658,6 +658,18 @@ html|*.textbox-textarea {
   text-shadow: inherit;
 }
 
+textbox[empty="true"] html|*.textbox-input ,
+textbox[empty="true"] html|*.textbox-textarea {
+  text-align: left;
+  direction: ltr;
+}
+
+textbox[empty="true"][chromedir="rtl"] html|*.textbox-input ,
+textbox[empty="true"][chromedir="rtl"] html|*.textbox-textarea {
+  text-align: right;
+  direction: rtl;
+}
+
 textbox[empty="true"] html|*.textbox-input[emptytextdelay="true"] ,
 textbox[empty="true"] html|*.textbox-textarea[emptytextdelay="true"] {
   color: transparent !important;