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Text direction

This page gathers links related to tests being developed by the Internationalization Core Working Group to assess internationalization support of user agents. These tests are subject to change from time to time.

For each of the sections below, this page links to summaries of the results of related tests (for major browsers), to more detailed results (by test suite) in the W3C Test Framework, and to pages in the framework that allow you to run the tests and record results. The remainder of each section provides direct links to the tests themselves, with information about the test assertion and relevant formats.

Direction on inline elements

Direction on block elements

Overriding direction on inline elements

Overriding direction on block elements

Overriding direction on block elements with mixed content

Writing-mode

Writing-mode, single script

  • Exploratory: chinese (vertical-text-001)
    [Exploratory test] Setting writing-mode to vertical-rl will cause Chinese text to run vertically down the left size of a box, with upright characters, and wrap to the left, and cause paragraphs to flow to the left.
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  • Exploratory: japanese (vertical-text-002)
    [Exploratory test] Setting writing-mode to vertical-rl will cause Japanese text using kanji, hiragana and katakana to run vertically down the left size of a box, with upright characters, and wrap to the left, and cause paragraphs to flow to the left.
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  • Exploratory: mongolian (vertical-text-003)
    [Exploratory test] Setting writing-mode to vertical-lr will cause Mongolian text to run vertically down the left size of a box, with upright characters, and wrap to the right, and cause paragraphs to flow to the right.
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Writing-mode, mixed scripts

  • Exploratory: latin in chinese (vertical-text-004)
    [Exploratory test] Setting writing-mode to vertical-rl will cause Latin text embedded in vertical Chinese to flow down the page, with letters rotated 90 degrees clockwise, and wrap to the left.
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  • Exploratory: latin in mongolian (vertical-text-005)
    [Exploratory test] Setting writing-mode to vertical-lr will cause Latin text embedded in vertical Mongolian to flow down the page, with letters rotated 90 degrees clockwise, and wrap to the right.
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  • Exploratory: arabic in chinese (vertical-text-006)
    [Exploratory test] Setting writing-mode to vertical-rl will cause Arabic text embedded in vertical Chinese to flow up the page, with letters rotated to the right, and wrap to the left, such that the Arabic lines are read right to left, and the letters join correctly.
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  • Exploratory: arabic in mongolian (vertical-text-007)
    [Exploratory test] Setting writing-mode to vertical-lr will cause Arabic text embedded in vertical Mongolian to flow up the page, with letters rotated to the right, and wrap to the right, such that the Arabic lines are read left to right, and the letters join correctly.
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  • Exploratory: mongolian in chinese (vertical-text-008)
    [Exploratory test] Setting writing-mode to vertical-rl will cause Mongolian text embedded in vertical Chinese to flow down the page, with letters in the normal vertical orientation, and wrap to the left.
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  • Exploratory: chinese in mongolian (vertical-text-009)
    [Exploratory test] Setting writing-mode to vertical-lr will cause Chinese text embedded in vertical Mongolian to flow down the page, with letters upright, and wrap to the right.
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Writing-mode with tb-

  • Exploratory: chinese (vertical-text-101)
    [Exploratory test] Setting writing-mode to tb-rl will cause Chinese text to run vertically down the left size of a box, with upright characters, and wrap to the left, and cause paragraphs to flow to the left.
    TestResults
  • Exploratory: japanese (vertical-text-102)
    [Exploratory test] Setting writing-mode to tb-rl will cause Japanese text using kanji, hiragana and katakana to run vertically down the left size of a box, with upright characters, and wrap to the left, and cause paragraphs to flow to the left.
    TestResults
  • Exploratory: mongolian (vertical-text-103)
    [Exploratory test] Setting writing-mode to tb-lr will cause Mongolian text to run vertically down the left size of a box, with upright characters, and wrap to the right, and cause paragraphs to flow to the right.
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