The CSS2.1 specification2 emphasizes that this property should normally be used
only by DTD designers. In particular, authors, web designers, and users shouldn??™t
override it.
Value
ltr sets a left-to-right direction
rtl sets a right-to-left direction
Compatibility
SPEC
version initial inherited
CSS2 ltr YES
BROWSER SUPPORT
Op9.2+ Saf1.3+ FF1+ IE5.5+
FULL FULL FULL FULL
Opera Safari Firefox Internet Explorer
9.2 3.0 2.0 1.3 2.0 1.5 1.0 7.0 6.0 5.5
Full Full Full Full Full Full Full Full Full Full
Typographical Properties
2 http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/visuren.html#direction
Other Relevant Stuff
unicode-bidi (p. 344)
controls embeddings and overrides for the Unicode bidirectional algorithm
The Ultimate CSS Reference 344
unicode-bidi
unicode-bidi: { bidi-override | embed | normal |
inherit } ;
Along with direction (p. 343), this
property relates to the handling of
bidirectional text within a given
document. If a paragraph contains both
left-to-right text and right-to-left text,
the user agent applies a complex
algorithm defined by the Unicode
standard3 to determine how the text
should appear.
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