direction

The direction CSS property sets the direction of text, table columns, and horizontal overflow. Use rtl for languages written from right to left (like Hebrew or Arabic), and ltr for those written from left to right (like English and most other languages).

Интерактивный пример

Заметьте, что направление текста обычно задано в документе (т.е. с помощью HTML's dir attribute (en-US)), а не посредством прямого использования свойства direction.

The property sets the base text direction of block-level elements and the direction of embeddings created by the unicode-bidi (en-US) property. It also sets the default alignment of text, block-level elements, and the direction that cells flow within a table row.

Unlike the dir attribute in HTML, the direction property is not inherited from table columns into table cells, since CSS inheritance follows the document tree, and table cells are inside of rows but not inside of columns.

The direction and unicode-bidi (en-US) properties are the two only properties which are not affected by the all shorthand property.

Syntax

css

/* Keyword values */
direction: ltr;
direction: rtl;

/* Global values */
direction: inherit;
direction: initial;
direction: unset;

Values

ltr

Text and other elements go from left to right. This is the default value.

rtl

Text and other elements go from right to left.

For the direction property to have any effect on inline-level elements, the unicode-bidi (en-US) property's value must be embed or override.

Formal definition

Начальное значениеltr
Применяется квсе элементы
Наследуетсяда
Обработка значениякак указано
Animation typeNot animatable

Formal syntax

direction = 
  ltr  | (en-US)
  rtl

Examples

Setting right-to-left direction

css

blockquote {
  direction: rtl;
}

Specifications

Specification Status Comment
CSS Writing Modes Module Level 3
Определение 'direction' в этой спецификации.		 Предложенная рекомендация No change.
CSS Level 2 (Revision 1)
Определение 'direction' в этой спецификации.		 Рекомендация Initial definition.

Browser compatibility

BCD tables only load in the browser

See also