HTML | DOM dir Property - GeeksforGeeks

The DOM dir Property is used to set or return the value of dir attribute in an Element. It defines a direction of the text in an Element Content.

Syntax

HTMLElementObject.dir

Return Values: It returns the the direction of the text.

HTMLElementObject.dir = "ltr|rtl|auto"

Properties:

ltr: It is a default Value and used to return the text-direction towards left-to-right.
rtl: It is used to return the right-to-left text-direction.

Example-1: To change the direction of the text.

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
  
<head> 
    <title> 
        HTML | DOM dir Property 
    </title> 
    <style> 
        button { 
            margin-left: 270px; 
        } 
    </style> 
</head> 
  
<body> 
    <h1 style="color:green;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;"> 
      GeeksForGeeks 
    </h1> 
    <h2 style="color:green;font-weight:bold;text-align:center">  
      DOM dir Property 
    </h2> 
    <p id="sudo"> 
        <b> 
          GeeksForGeeks is a good website for  
          learning computer science. 
        </b> 
    </p> 
    <button onclick="geeks()">Submit</button> 
  
    <script> 
        function geeks() { 
            document.getElementById("sudo").dir = "rtl"; 
        } 
    </script> 
  
</body> 
  
</html> 

Output:

Example-2: To get the direction of the text.

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
  
<head> 
    <title> 
        HTML | DOM dir Property 
  
    </title> 
    <style> 
        button { 
            margin-left: 270px; 
        } 
    </style> 
</head> 
  
<body> 
    <h1 style="color:green;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;"> 
      GeeksForGeeks 
    </h1> 
    <h2 style="color:green;font-weight:bold;text-align:center"> 
      DOM dir Property 
    </h2> 
    <p id="sudo" dir="ltr"> 
        <b> 
        GeeksforGeeks is a good website for 
        learning computer science. 
        </b> 
    </p> 
  
    <button onclick="geeks()">Submit</button> 
    <p id="gfg" style="margin-left:270px;"></p> 
    <script> 
        function geeks() { 
            var x = document.getElementById("sudo").dir; 
            document.getElementById("gfg").innerHTML = 
                "Direction of the text is " + x; 
  
        } 
    </script> 
  
</body> 
  
</html>           

Output:

Supported Browsers: The browser supported by DOM Dir property are listed below:

Google Chrome
Internet Explorer
Firefox
Opera
Safari

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