What is the difference between using bdo
<bdo dir="rtl">CIBARA english EMOS</bdo>
and using most tags with dir
attribute like
<span dir="rtl">CIBARA english EMOS</span>
I know this question is similar to should i always use bdo for text direction?, but I still do not understand why the use of the dir
attribute is "adequate" and bdo
is not needed.
Doesn't the dir
attribute "override the inherent directionality of letters" anyway? In which instances must I use bdo
?
Using -
<span dir="rtl">CIBARA english EMOS</span>
Styles applied in Chrome:
span[Attributes Style] {
direction: rtl;
unicode-bidi: isolate;
}
Using -
<bdo dir="rtl">CIBARA english EMOS</bdo>
Styles applied in Chrome:
bdo[Attributes Style] {
direction: rtl;
}
bdo {
unicode-bidi: bidi-override;
}
So, with the use of <bdo>
element, the default value bidi-override
is always applied in most browsers and it should work as intended. The use of attribute dir
does not seem to be adequate. See below:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<p>This paragraph will go left-to-right.</p>
<p><span dir="rtl">This paragraph will go right-to-left.</span></p>
<p><bdo dir="rtl">This paragraph will go right-to-left.</bdo></p>
</body>
</html>
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