jump

a abbr address area article aside audio

b base bdi bdo blockquote body br button

canvas caption cite code col colgroup command

datalist dd del details dfn div dl dt

em embed fieldset figcaption figure footer form

h1 h2 h3 h4 h5 h6 head header hgroup hr html

i iframe img input ins kbd keygen

label legend li link map mark menu meta meter

nav noscript object ol optgroup option output

p param pre progress q rp rt ruby

s samp script section select small source span

strong style sub summary sup

table tbody td textarea tfoot th thead time title

tr track u ul var video wbr

global attributes terms

HTML5: Edition for Web Authors

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4.6.24 The `bdo` element

Categories: Flow content.; Phrasing content.
Contexts in which this element can be used:: Where phrasing content is expected.
Content model:: Phrasing content.
Content attributes:: Global attributes; Also, the dir global attribute has special semantics on this element.
DOM interface:: Uses HTMLElement.

The bdo element represents explicit text directionality formatting control for its children. It allows authors to override the Unicode bidirectional algorithm by explicitly specifying a direction override. [BIDI]

Authors must specify the dir attribute on this element, with the value ltr to specify a left-to-right override and with the value rtl to specify a right-to-left override.