This property
specifically controls the embedding
levels and overrides for the Unicode
bidirectional algorithm.
Example
This style rule creates a new embedding
level with a right-to-left writing direction
for bible-quote elements (assumed to be
in Hebrew) in an XML document:
bible-quote {
direction: rtl;
unicode-bidi: embed;
}
The CSS2.1 specification4 emphasizes that this property should normally be used
only by DTD designers. In particular, authors, web designers, and users shouldn??™t
override it.
Value
bidi-override This value creates an override for inline elements. For block-level
elements, table cells, table captions, or inline blocks, it creates
an override for (some) inline-level descendants. In other words,
the implicit part of the bidirectional algorithm is ignored and
3 http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr9/
4 http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/visuren.html#direction
SPEC
version initial inherited
CSS2 normal NO
BROWSER SUPPORT
Op9.2+ Saf3 FF1+ IE5.5+
FULL NONE FULL BUGGY
345 Typographical Properties
the value of the direction property is used for reordering
content within the element.
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