Web Design in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition

Name

bdo

Synopsis

<bdo>...</bdo>

Stands for “bi-directional override” and is used to indicate a selection of text that reads in the opposite direction than the surrounding text. For instance, in a left-to-right reading document, the bdo element may be used to indicate a selection of Hebrew text that reads right-to-left (rtl).

Attributes

Core(id, class, style, title)

Events (XHTML only)

dir="ltr|rtl"

Required. Indicates whether the selection should read left to right (ltr) or right to left (rtl).

lang=" language code "

This attribute specifies the language of the element using a language code abbreviation. (See Chapter 6 for a list of language codes.)

xml:lang=" text "

XHTML only. This is the method for specifying languages in XML documents using a language code abbreviation. (See Chapter 6 for a list of language codes.)