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HTML Element: <bdo>

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The HTML <bdo> element makes it possible to override the current text direction.

 

The attributes it can take (other than HTML global attributes and HTML event attributes) include:

 

Attribute

Description

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dir

Text direction for element content

Here

 

To create or access such an element in JavaScript see here. The corresponding HTML DOM object supports standard DOM properties and methods, and additional properties with the same name and meaning as the attributes of the underlying HTML element referred to above. The default style applicable to this element is shown here.

 

EXAMPLE:


HTML USED IN THIS EXAMPLE:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html> <!-- Copyright (c) Nematrian Limited 2018 -->
<head></head>
<body>
Created using HTML:<br>
<bdo dir="rtl">bdo text</bdo>

<br><br>Created using JavaScript:<br>
<span id="element"></span>

<script>
var x = document.createElement("BDO");
x.textContent = "bdo text";
// or use var txt = document.createTextNode("bdo text");
// x.appendChild(txt);
x.setAttribute("dir","rtl")
document.getElementById("element").appendChild(x);
</script>

</body>
</html>


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