Javascript Reference - HTML DOM dir Property
The dir property sets or returns the text-direction for an element.
Syntax
HTMLElementObject.dir=text-direction
Browser Support
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Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Example
The following code shows how to get the text direction for the body element.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body id="myid" dir="rtl">
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<script>
var x=document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0];
document.write("Text direction: " + x.dir);
document.write("<br/>");
document.write(document.getElementById('myid').dir);
</script>
</body>
</html>
The code above is rendered as follows: