directionNN 6 IE 5 CSS 2

Inherited: Yes

Sets the direction of the flow of inline portions of content (such as text) and the order in which table cells are filled along a row. Analogous to the dir attribute of most elements, the direction style attribute lets you override the browser's default rendering direction for other languages or special content.

 
CSS Syntax
 
direction: ltr | rtl
 
Value

Either of two directional constants. The value ltr stands for left-to-right; rtl stands for right-to-left.

 
Initial Value

ltr

 
Applies To

All elements.