The HTML DOM Style direction property is used to specify or returning the text direction. Its default value is ltr.
Following is the syntax for −
Setting the direction property −
object.style.direction = "ltr|rtl|initial|inherit"
The above property values are explained as follows −
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| ltr | Thisis the default value and text flows from left to right. |
| rtl | Thetext flows from right to left. |
| initial | Forsetting this property to initial value. |
| inherit | Toinherit the parent property value |
Let us look at an example for the direction property −
Example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
div,span {
margin: 3px;
padding: 4px;
}
div{
height: 50px;
width: 540px;
border: 2px solid black;
}
span {
float: left;
width: 500px;
height:40px;
background-color: lightblue;
}
</style>
<script>
function changeDir(){
document.getElementById("DIV1").style.direction="rtl";
document.getElementById("Sample").innerHTML="The above text direction is now right to left";
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="DIV1">
<span>THIS IS SOME TEXT INSIDE A SPAN ELEMENT.</span>
</div>
<p>Change the above text direction present inside the span element by clicking the below button</p>
<button onclick="changeDir()">Change Text Direction</button>
<p id="Sample"></p>
</body>
</html>Output
On clicking the “Change Text Direction” button −
