fix(icon): add :dir fallback

src/components/icon/icon.css

@@ -36,15 +36,54 @@ svg {
 /* Icon RTL
  * -----------------------------------------------------------
  */
+
+/**
+ * Safari <16.4 incorrectly reports
+ * that it supports :dir(rtl) when it does not.
+ * This @supports statement lets us target
+ * WebKit browsers to apply the RTL fallback.
+ * -webkit-named-image only exists on WebKit.
+ * For WebKit browsers that do support :dir(rtl)
+ * (i.e. Safari >= 16.4) then the :dir(rtl)
+ * code farther down on the page will take
+ * effect and override this fallback.
+ */
+@supports (background: -webkit-named-image(i)) {
+  :host(.icon-rtl) .icon-inner {
+    transform: scaleX(-1);
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Fallback for browsers that support
+ * neither :host-context nor :dir.
+ * The icon will not react to dir
+ * changes, but it will at least
+ * respect the dir on component load.
+ */
+@supports not selector(:dir(rtl)) and selector(:host-context([dir='rtl'])) {
+  :host(.icon-rtl) .icon-inner {
+    transform: scaleX(-1);
+  }
+}
 
 /* :host-context is supported in chromium; :dir is supported in safari & firefox */
 :host(.flip-rtl):host-context([dir='rtl']) .icon-inner {
   transform: scaleX(-1);
 }
+
 @supports selector(:dir(rtl)) {
   :host(.flip-rtl:dir(rtl)) .icon-inner {
     transform: scaleX(-1);
   }
+  /**
+   * This is needed for WebKit otherwise the fallback
+   * will always cause the icon to be flipped if the document
+   * loads in RTL.
+   */
+  :host(.flip-rtl:dir(ltr)) .icon-inner {
+    transform: scaleX(1);
+  }
 }
 
 /* Icon Sizes

src/components/icon/icon.tsx

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { Build, Component, Element, Host, Prop, State, Watch, h } from '@stencil/core';
 import { getSvgContent, ioniconContent } from './request';
-import { getName, getUrl, inheritAttributes } from './utils';
+import { getName, getUrl, inheritAttributes, isRTL } from './utils';
 
 @Component({
   tag: 'ion-icon',
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ export class Icon {
   }
 
   render() {
-    const { flipRtl, iconName, inheritedAttributes } = this;
+    const { flipRtl, iconName, inheritedAttributes, el } = this;
     const mode = this.mode || 'md';
     // we have designated that arrows & chevrons should automatically flip (unless flip-rtl is set to false) because "back" is left in ltr and right in rtl, and "forward" is the opposite
     const shouldAutoFlip = iconName
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ export class Icon {
           ...createColorClasses(this.color),
           [`icon-${this.size}`]: !!this.size,
           'flip-rtl': shouldBeFlippable,
+          'icon-rtl': shouldBeFlippable && isRTL(el)
         }}
         {...inheritedAttributes}
       >

src/components/icon/test/icon.spec.ts

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ describe('icon', () => {
     });
 
     expect(root).toEqualHtml(`
-      <ion-icon class="md flip-rtl" name="chevron-forward" role="img" aria-hidden="true">
+      <ion-icon class="md flip-rtl icon-rtl" name="chevron-forward" role="img" aria-hidden="true">
         <mock:shadow-root>
           <div class="icon-inner"></div>
         </mock:shadow-root>

src/components/icon/utils.ts

@@ -140,3 +140,17 @@ export const inheritAttributes = (el: HTMLElement, attributes: string[] = []) =>
 
   return attributeObject;
 }
+
+/**
+ * Returns `true` if the document or host element
+ * has a `dir` set to `rtl`. The host value will always
+ * take priority over the root document value.
+ */
+export const isRTL = (hostEl?: Pick<HTMLElement, 'dir'>) => {
+  if (hostEl) {
+    if (hostEl.dir !== '') {
+      return hostEl.dir.toLowerCase() === 'rtl';
+    }
+  }
+  return document?.dir.toLowerCase() === 'rtl';
+};