HTML dir Attribute

Example

<p dir="rtl">Hello world</p>

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Meaning

The dir attribute specifies the text direction as related to the lang attribute.

The accepted values under the HTML 4.01 specification are ltr (left to right) and rtl (right to left).

It should be possible to override whatever direction a user agent sets by using this attribute with the <bdo> element

Standard Syntax

<element dir="auto|ltr|rtl">

Applies to:

The dir attribute can be used on the following element:

Attribute Values