HTML5: How to specify the text direction of the text inside the element?

Last update on August 19 2022 21:51:57 (UTC/GMT +8 hours)

Solution:

HTML Code:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <title>Example of dir attribute of bdo element</title>
</head>
<body>
<p dir="ltr" >This text is in left to right direction.</p>  
<p dir="rtl"><span id="result_box" lang="iw"><span title="">טקסט זה בשטחים השמאלי בכיוון הנכון</span></span></p>  
</body>
</html>

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