DIR Attribute | dir Property

Sets or retrieves the reading order of the object .

Syntax

HTML Scripting

< ELEMENT DIR = sDir ... >

object . dir [ = sDir ]

Possible Values

sDir

String that specifies or receives one of the following values.

ltr	Default. Content flows left to right.
rtl	Content flows right to left.

The property is read/write. The property has a default value of ltr .

Expressions can be used in place of the preceding value(s), as of Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5. For more information, see About Dynamic Properties .

Remarks

Unless explicitly set, the dir property has no return value when accessed in script.

The property does not affect alphanumeric characters in Latin documents. These characters always render ltr . However, the property does affect punctuation characters in Latin documents. For example, punctuation marks such as periods and question marks render to the left of a sentence when the dir property is set to rtl .

Standards Information

This property is defined in HTML 4.0 and is defined in World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 .

Applies To

TBODY Platform Version

Win16:	5
Win32:	5
Unix:	5
Mac:	5
Windows CE:	5.5

A , ACRONYM , ADDRESS , AREA , B , BDO , BIG , BLOCKQUOTE , BODY , BUTTON , CAPTION , CENTER , CITE , CODE , COL , COLGROUP , CUSTOM , DD , DEL , DFN , DIR , DIV , DL , DT , EM , EMBED , FIELDSET , FONT , FORM , hn , HTML , I , IMG , INPUT type=button , INPUT type=checkbox , INPUT type=file , INPUT type=image , INPUT type=password , INPUT type=radio , INPUT type=reset , INPUT type=submit , INPUT type=text , INS , KBD , LABEL , LEGEND , LI , LISTING , MAP , MARQUEE , MENU , NOBR , OBJECT , OL , OPTION , P , PLAINTEXT , PRE , Q , RT , RUBY , S , SAMP , SELECT , SMALL , SPAN , STRIKE , STRONG , SUB , SUP , TABLE , TBODY , TD , TEXTAREA , TFOOT , TH , THEAD , TR , TT , U , UL , VAR , XMP

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