dir attribute

Indicates the directionality of the element’s text.

Estimated Support About

80.49% + 14.63% = 95.12%

Apple Mail

macOS

14

iOS

15

Gmail

Desktop Webmail

2021-10

iOS

2021-10

Android

2021-10

Mobile Webmail

2021-10
1

Outlook

Windows

2007
3 4
2010
3
2013
3
2016
3
2019
3

Windows Mail

2021-10
3

macOS

16.55
16.80

Outlook.com

2021-10
2024-01

iOS

2021-10

Android

2021-10

Yahoo! Mail

Desktop Webmail

2021-10

iOS

2021-10

Android

2021-10

AOL

Desktop Webmail

2021-10

iOS

2021-10

Android

2021-10

Samsung Email

Android

6.0

Mozilla Thunderbird

macOS

78.14

ProtonMail

Desktop Webmail

2021-10

iOS

2021-10

Android

2021-10

Fastmail

Desktop Webmail

2021-10

HEY

Desktop Webmail

2021-10

Orange

Desktop Webmail

2021-10
2
2024-04
2

iOS

2021-10
2024-04
2

Android

2021-10
2024-04
2

LaPoste.net

Desktop Webmail

2021-10

SFR

Desktop Webmail

2021-10

iOS

2021-10

Android

2021-10

GMX

Desktop Webmail

2022-06

iOS

2022-06

Android

2022-06

1&1

Desktop Webmail

2022-06

Android

2022-06

Mail.ru

Desktop Webmail

2021-10

WEB.DE

Desktop Webmail

2022-06

iOS

2022-06

Android

2022-06

WP.pl

Desktop Webmail

2025-06

Notes

  • 1

    Buggy. The client applies an rtl direction to the entire email if it contains text in a rtl language.

  • 2

    Partial. Removed from <table> and <td> elements.

  • 3

    Buggy on anchor <a> tags.

  • 4

    Buggy. LTR text in [dir=rtl] (and vice versa) is rendered with reversed word order.

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