Web features explorer - dir

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The dir global HTML attribute sets an element's text direction to left to right (ltr), right to left (rtl), or based on the content (auto). Elements generally inherit their parent's direction when the attribute is omitted.

Browser support

Chrome 1 Released on 2008-12-11
Chrome Android 18 Released on 2012-06-27
Edge 12 Released on 2015-07-29
Firefox 1 Released on 2004-11-09
Firefox for Android 4 Released on 2011-03-29
Safari 3 Released on 2007-10-26
Safari on iOS 1 Released on 2007-06-29

MDN documentation

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Specifications

HTML (#the-dir-attribute), from HTML Workstream (WHATWG).

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