A paragraph with a right-to-left direction:
The dir attribute specifies the text direction of the element's content.
Attribute | |||||
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dir | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
In HTML5, the dir attribute can be used on any HTML element (it will validate on any HTML element. However, it is not necessarily useful).
In HTML 4.01, the dir attribute cannot be used with: <base>, <br>, <frame>, <frameset>, <hr>, <iframe>, <param>, and <script>.
Value | Description |
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ltr | Default. Left-to-right text direction |
rtl | Right-to-left text direction |
auto | Let the browser figure out the text direction, based on the content (only recommended if the text direction is unknown) |
HTML Tutorial: HTML Attributes
CSS Reference: direction property
HTML DOM Reference: HTML DOM dir Property
HTML DOM Reference: Style direction Property