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Layout direction override

Widely available since 2022-07-15
Tags: css Groups: CSS

The unicode-bidi and direction CSS properties override the Unicode layout algorithm. They are intended for Document Type Definition (DTD) designers. For HTML documents, you should use the dir global HTML attribute and <bdo> HTML element instead.

Browser support

  • Chrome 48 Released on 2016-01-20
  • Chrome Android 48 Released on 2016-01-26
  • Edge 79 Released on 2020-01-15
  • Firefox 50 Released on 2016-11-15
  • Firefox for Android 50 Released on 2016-11-15
  • Safari 11 Released on 2017-09-19
  • Safari on iOS 11 Released on 2017-09-19