HTML <bdo> Bi-Directional Override Tag
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Published: 2021-02-13 10:12:46

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title: HTML <bdo> Bi-Directional Override Tag
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In HTML, the term **bdo** stands for **Bi-Directional Override**. The <bdo> tag **specifies the direction that the text** is displayed. This tag overrides the current directionality of the text. It is the **new sectioning element for HTML 5**.

Mostly, the <bdo> tag is used in **<abbr title="Right-to-Left">RTL</abbr>** words such as **Arabic** or **Hebrew**. This element contains the **“<abbr title="direction">dir</abbr>“** attribute to specify the direction of the text. You can use the **<abbr title="Bi-Directional Isolation">&lt;bdi&gt;</abbr>** tag for **isolating the bidirectional text**.

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## Syntax:

The <bdo> tag always comes in pairs. The content is written between both **opening <bdo> tag** and **closing </bdo> tag**.

```

<bdo dir="ltr"> text </bdo>

```

## Sample of the HTML <bdo> Tag:

```

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Document Title</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <p>Text from left to right </p>
    <p>
      <bdo dir="rtl">This is the reversed text</bdo>.
    </p>
  </body>
</html>

```

## Result:

![](https://sharepointanchor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Result-12.png)<figcaption>Result</figcaption>

<script async src="//jsfiddle.net/Share_Point_Anchor/upyhs9ro/5/embed/html,result/"></script>

## Attributes:

The **<bdo>** tag supports **Global Attributes** and the **Event Attributes**.

| Attributes | Value | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| dir | ltr  
rtl | LTR will define the direction from left to right  
RTL specifies the direction from right to left |

## Styling Methods for <bdo> Tag:

You can use the following **[CSS](https://sharepointanchor.com/learn-css/)** properties to style an [HTML](https://sharepointanchor.com/category/learn-html/) bidirectional override tag.

### Properties to style the visual weight/emphasis/size of the text in <bdo> tag:

- **[CSS](https://sharepointanchor.com/category/learn-css/ "CSS") font-style** – This CSS property helps to set the font style of the text such as normal, italic, oblique, initial, inherit.
- **CSS font-family** – This CSS property specifies a prioritized list of one or more font family names or generic family names for the selected element.
- **CSS font-size** – This CSS property will help to set the size of the font.
- **CSS font-weight** – This CSS property used to define whether the font should be bold or thick.
- **CSS text-transform** – This CSS property will control the text case and capitalization.
- **CSS test-decoration** – This CSS property specifies the decoration added to text such as **text-decoration-line** , **text-decoration-color** , **text-decoration- style**.

### Styles to coloring the text in <bdo> Tag:

- **CSS color** – This CSS property will specify the color of the text content and decorations.
- **CSS background-color** – This CSS property helps to set the background color of an element. 

### Text layout styles for <bdo> Tag:

- **CSS text-indent** – This CSS property is used to specify the indentation of the first line in a text block.
- **CSS text-overflow ** – This CSS property helps to describe how overflowed content that is not displayed should be signaled to the user.
- **CSS white-space** – This CSS property describes how white-space inside an element is handled.
- **CSS word-break**  – This CSS property decides where the lines should be broken.

### Other Properties for <bdo> Tag:

- **CSS text-shadow**  – This CSS property helps to add the shadow to text.
- **CSS text-align-last**  – This CSS property will set the alignment of the last line of the text.
- **CSS line-height** – This CSS property defines the height of a line.
- **CSS letter-spacing** – This CSS property helps to decide the spaces between letters/characters in a text.
- **CSS word-spacing** – This CSS property specifies the spacing between every word.

## Browser Support:

![](https://sharepointanchor.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Browser-Support-3.png)<figcaption>Browser Support</figcaption>

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