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HTML bdo tag

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Description

The HTML bdo tag allows authors to overrides the the bidirectional algorithm for selected fragments of text. It basically sets the direction of the text between the tags.

Attributes

lang (langcode)

Specifies the language of an element's content. The default value in "unknown".

When writing XHTML code the syntax "xml:lang" represents a preferred alternative in XHTML 1.0 and a replacement in XHTML 1.1 (e.g., xml:lang="en").

Example:

Code begin <p lang="en">This is a paragraph in english.</p>
<p lang="es">Este es un p&aacute;rrafo en espa&ntilde;ol.</p>Code end
 
 

dir

Specifies the text direction of the element's contents and attribute values, as well as tables directionality. It has two possible values that are case insensitive:
  • RTL: Right to left.
  • LTR: Left to right.
Example:

Code begin <q lang="he" dir="rtl">...a Hebrew quotation...</q>Code end
 
 


Events

There are no events defined for this tag.

See complete list and information about events in HTML


Examples

Common example.

Code View
<bdo dir="ltr">A left to right sentence.</bdo><br />
<bdo dir="rtl">A right to left sentence.</bdo>
A left to right sentence.
A right to left sentence.

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