HTML DOM dir Attribute
Definition and Usage
The dir attribute sets or returns the text direction of the element.
Syntax:
object.dir=text-direction
Example
This example demonstrates two methods to obtain the text direction of the <body> element:
<html>
<body id="myid" dir="rtl">
<script type="text/javascript">
x=document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0];
document.write("Text direction: "); x.dir);
document.write("<br />");
document.write("An alternate way: ");
document.write(document.getElementById('myid').dir);
</script>
</body>
</html>
