HTML Ref » Reference » Appendix B

home » reference » appendix b » css1 / css2 properties

direction

The direction property is used to control the text direction much like the attribute dir for various HTML/XHTML tags. The allowed values are rtl (right to left) and ltr (left to right). While the direction property can easily affect block elements, for it to affect inline-level elements, the unicode-bidi property value must be embed or override.

Example

<div>
<span style="unicode-bidi: embed; direction: rtl; background-color: yellow;">
here doing I am What!
</span> This is just a test</div>

Browser and CSS Support Notes

CSS2
IE 5, 5.5, 6
Nav 6, 7
No Opera support

CSS Properties

Back: cursor

Next: display

<About> <Chapters> <Examples> <Errata> <Reference> Appendix A - (X)HTML Appendix B - CSS Style Inclusion Methods Measurements Color Values Selectors Miscellaneous Constructs CSS1 / CSS2 Properties Appendix C - Entities Appendix D - Fonts Appendix E - Colors <Home>	home » reference » appendix b » css1 / css2 properties direction The direction property is used to control the text direction much like the attribute dir for various HTML/XHTML tags. The allowed values are rtl (right to left) and ltr (left to right). While the direction property can easily affect block elements, for it to affect inline-level elements, the unicode-bidi property value must be embed or override. Example <div> <span style="unicode-bidi: embed; direction: rtl; background-color: yellow;"> here doing I am What! </span> This is just a test</div> Browser and CSS Support Notes CSS2 IE 5, 5.5, 6 Nav 6, 7 No Opera support		(X)HTML Elements CSS Properties
	Back: cursor	Next: display	back to top