HTML Attributes Reference: DIR Attribute

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Home > Abakada: Back to Basics > Language References > HTML Element Attributes > DIR Attribute

Sets or retrieves the reading order of the specified object.

Inline	<element dir = ltr \| rtl>
Script	object.dir = ltr \| rtl

ltr	Text flow is left-to-right.
rtl	Text flow is right-to-left.

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

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