From c383fd6a545769f8ca858551dda799f0adbb4124 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brandy Carney <brandy@ionic.io>
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2017 11:01:26 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix(searchbar): use dir attribute for rtl

---
 packages/core/src/components/searchbar/searchbar.tsx | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/core/src/components/searchbar/searchbar.tsx b/packages/core/src/components/searchbar/searchbar.tsx
index ae5b7d33fa..01acfbf1e2 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/components/searchbar/searchbar.tsx
+++ b/packages/core/src/components/searchbar/searchbar.tsx
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ export class Searchbar {
    * Positions the input placeholder
    */
   positionPlaceholder() {
-    const isRTL = document.documentElement.getAttribute('dir') === 'rtl';
+    const isRTL = document.dir === 'rtl';
     const inputEle = this.$el.querySelector('.searchbar-input') as HTMLElement;
     const iconEle = this.$el.querySelector('.searchbar-search-icon') as HTMLElement;
 
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ export class Searchbar {
    * Show the iOS Cancel button on focus, hide it offscreen otherwise
    */
   positionCancelButton() {
-    const isRTL = document.documentElement.getAttribute('dir') === 'rtl';
+    const isRTL = document.dir === 'rtl';
     const cancelButton = this.$el.querySelector('.searchbar-ios-cancel') as HTMLElement;
     const shouldShowCancel = this.focused;