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Usage

The bdo element allows authors to override the Unicode bidi algorithm by explicitly specifying a direction override.

Attributes

• lang
• dir

Browser compatibility

Compatibility table legend

| Test | IE8 | IE7 | IE6 | FF3 | FF2 | Saf3 | Op9 | Chrome | |:---------|:--------|:--------|:--------|:--------|:--------|:---------|:--------|:-----------| | appears in DOM | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | | applies style | Y | N | N | Y | Y | N | Y | Y |

Further reading

• The bdo element in HTML 5
• The bdo element in HTML 4
• The bdo element on MSDN
• The history of the bdo element on blooberry.com