HTML and CSS Reference
In-Depth Information
Name
bdi
Synopsis
<bdi> . . . </bdi>
Stands for “bidirectional isolation” and is used to indicate a selection of text that might read
in a different direction from the surrounding text. It may be useful for names and comments
added by users or text embedded from an outside source.
Usage
Categories:
Flow content, phrasing content, palpable content
Permitted contexts:
Where phrasing content is expected
Permitted content:
Phrasing content
Start/end tags:
Required/Required
Attributes
HTML5 Global Attributes
dir
=
"ltr|rtl|auto"
Specifies the direction of the text:
ltr
(left to right),
rtl
(right to left), or
auto
(determin-
ed by the user agent). In the
bdi
element, if the
dir
attribute is omitted, it defaults to
auto
and does not inherit from the parent.
