bdo tag is known as Bi-Directional Override. Bi-directional override tag has both start <bdo> tag and end </bdo> tag. This tag is used to override the current direction of text. <bdo> tag uses the dir attribute to specify the direction of the text –left to right or right to left- which is inside the <bdo> tag. The <bdo> tag is normally supported by all the commonly used browsers like- Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Opera Mini, Google Chrome, Safari, etc.
The <bdo> tag is supported by some standard attributes, but it does not support any type of event attributes. These attributes are-
Standard attributes supported by the <bdo> tag-
| Attribute | Description |
|---|---|
| class | It is used to specify the classname for an element |
| id | It is used to specify the unique id of an element |
| lang | It is used to specify the language code of the content in an element |
| style | It is used to specify an inline style of an element |
| title | It is used to specify an extra information about an element |
Example-
<html>
<body>
<bdo dir="ltr"> Here is some text aligned left to right.</bdo>
</body>
</html>