Annotation of html5/spec-author-view/the-bdi-element.html, revision 1.128
1.100 mike 1: <!doctype html>
1.127 mike 2: <html lang="en-US-x-Hixie" xml:lang="en-US-x-Hixie" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><meta content="text-html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"><meta content="HTML Tidy for HTML5 (experimental) for Linux/x86 http://github.com/w3c/tidy-html5/tree/c63cc39" name="generator"><meta charset="utf-8"><title>4.6.23 The bdi element — HTML5</title><link href="style.css" rel="stylesheet"><style type="text-css">
3: /**/
4: /**/
5:
6: .applies thead th > * { display: block; }
7: .applies thead code { display: block; }
8: .applies tbody th { white-space: nowrap; }
9: .applies td { text-align: center; }
10: .applies .yes { background: yellow; }
11:
12: .matrix, .matrix td { border: hidden; text-align: right; }
13: .matrix { margin-left: 2em; }
14:
15: .dice-example { border-collapse: collapse; border-style: hidden solid solid hidden; border-width: thin; margin-left: 3em; }
16: .dice-example caption { width: 30em; font-size: smaller; font-style: italic; padding: 0.75em 0; text-align: left; }
17: .dice-example td, .dice-example th { border: solid thin; width: 1.35em; height: 1.05em; text-align: center; padding: 0; }
18:
19: td.eg { border-width: thin; text-align: center; }
20:
21: #table-example-1 { border: solid thin; border-collapse: collapse; margin-left: 3em; }
22: #table-example-1 * { font-family: "Essays1743", serif; line-height: 1.01em; }
23: #table-example-1 caption { padding-bottom: 0.5em; }
24: #table-example-1 thead, #table-example-1 tbody { border: none; }
25: #table-example-1 th, #table-example-1 td { border: solid thin; }
26: #table-example-1 th { font-weight: normal; }
27: #table-example-1 td { border-style: none solid; vertical-align: top; }
28: #table-example-1 th { padding: 0.5em; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; }
29: #table-example-1 tbody tr:first-child td { padding-top: 0.5em; }
30: #table-example-1 tbody tr:last-child td { padding-bottom: 1.5em; }
31: #table-example-1 tbody td:first-child { padding-left: 2.5em; padding-right: 0; width: 9em; }
32: #table-example-1 tbody td:first-child::after { content: leader(". "); }
33: #table-example-1 tbody td { padding-left: 2em; padding-right: 2em; }
34: #table-example-1 tbody td:first-child + td { width: 10em; }
35: #table-example-1 tbody td:first-child + td ~ td { width: 2.5em; }
36: #table-example-1 tbody td:first-child + td + td + td ~ td { width: 1.25em; }
37:
38: .apple-table-examples { border: none; border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 1.5em 0em; width: 40em; margin-left: 3em; }
39: .apple-table-examples * { font-family: "Times", serif; }
40: .apple-table-examples td, .apple-table-examples th { border: none; white-space: nowrap; padding-top: 0; padding-bottom: 0; }
41: .apple-table-examples tbody th:first-child { border-left: none; width: 100%; }
42: .apple-table-examples thead th:first-child ~ th { font-size: smaller; font-weight: bolder; border-bottom: solid 2px; text-align: center; }
43: .apple-table-examples tbody th::after, .apple-table-examples tfoot th::after { content: leader(". ") }
44: .apple-table-examples tbody th, .apple-table-examples tfoot th { font: inherit; text-align: left; }
45: .apple-table-examples td { text-align: right; vertical-align: top; }
46: .apple-table-examples.e1 tbody tr:last-child td { border-bottom: solid 1px; }
47: .apple-table-examples.e1 tbody + tbody tr:last-child td { border-bottom: double 3px; }
48: .apple-table-examples.e2 th[scope=row] { padding-left: 1em; }
49: .apple-table-examples sup { line-height: 0; }
50:
51: .details-example img { vertical-align: top; }
52:
53: #base64-table {
54: white-space: nowrap;
55: font-size: 0.6em;
56: column-width: 6em;
57: column-count: 5;
58: column-gap: 1em;
59: -moz-column-width: 6em;
60: -moz-column-count: 5;
61: -moz-column-gap: 1em;
62: -webkit-column-width: 6em;
63: -webkit-column-count: 5;
64: -webkit-column-gap: 1em;
65: }
66: #base64-table thead { display: none; }
67: #base64-table * { border: none; }
68: #base64-table tbody td:first-child:after { content: ':'; }
69: #base64-table tbody td:last-child { text-align: right; }
70:
71: #named-character-references-table {
72: white-space: nowrap;
73: font-size: 0.6em;
74: column-width: 30em;
75: column-gap: 1em;
76: -moz-column-width: 30em;
77: -moz-column-gap: 1em;
78: -webkit-column-width: 30em;
79: -webkit-column-gap: 1em;
80: }
81: #named-character-references-table > table > tbody > tr > td:first-child + td,
82: #named-character-references-table > table > tbody > tr > td:last-child { text-align: center; }
83: #named-character-references-table > table > tbody > tr > td:last-child:hover > span { position: absolute; top: auto; left: auto; margin-left: 0.5em; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 5em; border: outset; padding: 0.25em 0.5em; background: white; width: 1.25em; height: auto; text-align: center; }
84: #named-character-references-table > table > tbody > tr#entity-CounterClockwiseContourIntegral > td:first-child { font-size: 0.5em; }
85:
86: .glyph.control { color: red; }
87:
88: @font-face {
89: font-family: 'Essays1743';
90: src: url('fonts/Essays1743.ttf');
91: }
92: @font-face {
93: font-family: 'Essays1743';
94: font-weight: bold;
95: src: url('fonts/Essays1743-Bold.ttf');
96: }
97: @font-face {
98: font-family: 'Essays1743';
99: font-style: italic;
100: src: url('fonts/Essays1743-Italic.ttf');
101: }
102: @font-face {
103: font-family: 'Essays1743';
104: font-style: italic;
105: font-weight: bold;
106: src: url('fonts/Essays1743-BoldItalic.ttf');
107: }
108:
109: /**/
110: /**/
111: </style><link href="data:text/css," id="complete" rel="stylesheet" title="Complete specification"><link href="data:text/css,.impl%20{%20display:%20none;%20}%0Ahtml%20{%20border:%20solid%20yellow;%20}%20.domintro:before%20{%20display:%20none;%20}" id="author" rel="alternate stylesheet" title="Author documentation only"><link href="data:text/css,.impl%20{%20background:%20%23FFEEEE;%20}%20.domintro:before%20{%20background:%20%23FFEEEE;%20}" id="highlight" rel="alternate stylesheet" title="Highlight implementation requirements"><style type="text-css">
1.123 mike 112: /**/
113: /**/
1.117 mike 114: pre { margin-left: 2em; white-space: pre-wrap; }
115: h2 { margin: 3em 0 1em 0; }
116: h3 { margin: 2.5em 0 1em 0; }
117: h4 { margin: 2.5em 0 0.75em 0; }
118: h5, h6 { margin: 2.5em 0 1em; }
119: h1 + h2, h1 + h2 + h2 { margin: 0.75em 0 0.75em; }
120: h2 + h3, h3 + h4, h4 + h5, h5 + h6 { margin-top: 0.5em; }
121: p { margin: 1em 0; }
122: hr:not(.top) { display: block; background: none; border: none; padding: 0; margin: 2em 0; height: auto; }
123: dl, dd { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; }
124: dt { margin-top: 0.75em; margin-bottom: 0.25em; clear: left; }
125: dt + dt { margin-top: 0; }
126: dd dt { margin-top: 0.25em; margin-bottom: 0; }
127: dd p { margin-top: 0; }
128: dd dl + p { margin-top: 1em; }
129: dd table + p { margin-top: 1em; }
130: p + * > li, dd li { margin: 1em 0; }
131: dt, dfn { font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; }
132: i, em { font-style: italic; }
133: dt dfn { font-style: italic; }
134: pre, code { font-size: inherit; font-family: monospace; font-variant: normal; }
135: pre strong { color: black; font: inherit; font-weight: bold; background: yellow; }
136: pre em { font-weight: bolder; font-style: normal; }
137: @media screen { code { color: orangered; } code :link, code :visited { color: inherit; } }
138: var sub { vertical-align: bottom; font-size: smaller; position: relative; top: 0.1em; }
139: table { border-collapse: collapse; border-style: hidden hidden none hidden; }
140: table thead, table tbody { border-bottom: solid; }
141: table tbody th:first-child { border-left: solid; }
142: table tbody th { text-align: left; }
143: table td, table th { border-left: solid; border-right: solid; border-bottom: solid thin; vertical-align: top; padding: 0.2em; }
144: blockquote { margin: 0 0 0 2em; border: 0; padding: 0; font-style: italic; }
145:
146: .bad, .bad *:not(.XXX) { color: gray; border-color: gray; background: transparent; }
147: .matrix, .matrix td { border: none; text-align: right; }
148: .matrix { margin-left: 2em; }
149: .dice-example { border-collapse: collapse; border-style: hidden solid solid hidden; border-width: thin; margin-left: 3em; }
150: .dice-example caption { width: 30em; font-size: smaller; font-style: italic; padding: 0.75em 0; text-align: left; }
151: .dice-example td, .dice-example th { border: solid thin; width: 1.35em; height: 1.05em; text-align: center; padding: 0; }
152:
153: .toc dfn, h1 dfn, h2 dfn, h3 dfn, h4 dfn, h5 dfn, h6 dfn { font: inherit; }
154: img.extra, p.overview { float: right; }
155: pre.idl { border: solid thin; background: #EEEEEE; color: black; padding: 0.5em 1em; position: relative; }
156: pre.idl :link, pre.idl :visited { color: inherit; background: transparent; }
157: pre.idl::before { content: "IDL"; font: bold small sans-serif; padding: 0.5em; background: white; position: absolute; top: 0; margin: -1px 0 0 -4em; width: 1.5em; border: thin solid; border-radius: 0 0 0 0.5em }
158: pre.css { border: solid thin; background: #FFFFEE; color: black; padding: 0.5em 1em; }
159: pre.css:first-line { color: #AAAA50; }
160: dl.domintro { color: green; margin: 2em 0 2em 2em; padding: 0.5em 1em; border: none; background: #DDFFDD; }
161: hr + dl.domintro, div.impl + dl.domintro { margin-top: 2.5em; margin-bottom: 1.5em; }
162: dl.domintro dt, dl.domintro dt * { color: black; text-decoration: none; }
163: dl.domintro dd { margin: 0.5em 0 1em 2em; padding: 0; }
164: dl.domintro dd p { margin: 0.5em 0; }
165: dl.domintro:before { display: table; margin: -1em -0.5em -0.5em auto; width: auto; content: 'This box is non-normative. Implementation requirements are given below this box.'; color: black; font-style: italic; border: solid 2px; background: white; padding: 0 0.25em; }
166: dl.switch { padding-left: 2em; }
167: dl.switch > dt { text-indent: -1.5em; }
168: dl.switch > dt:before { content: '\21AA'; padding: 0 0.5em 0 0; display: inline-block; width: 1em; text-align: right; line-height: 0.5em; }
169: dl.triple { padding: 0 0 0 1em; }
170: dl.triple dt, dl.triple dd { margin: 0; display: inline }
171: dl.triple dt:after { content: ':'; }
172: dl.triple dd:after { content: '\A'; white-space: pre; }
173: .diff-old { text-decoration: line-through; color: silver; background: transparent; }
174: .diff-chg, .diff-new { text-decoration: underline; color: green; background: transparent; }
175: a .diff-new { border-bottom: 1px blue solid; }
176:
1.123 mike 177: figure.diagrams { border: double black; background: white; padding: 1em; }
178: figure.diagrams img { display: block; margin: 1em auto; }
179:
1.117 mike 180: h2 { page-break-before: always; }
181: h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 { page-break-after: avoid; }
182: h1 + h2, hr + h2.no-toc { page-break-before: auto; }
183:
184: p > span:not([title=""]):not([class="XXX"]):not([class="impl"]):not([class="note"]),
1.127 mike 185: li > span:not([title=""]):not([class="XXX"]):not([class="impl"]):not([class="note"]) { border-bottom: solid #9999CC; }
1.117 mike 186:
187: div.head { margin: 0 0 1em; padding: 1em 0 0 0; }
188: div.head p { margin: 0; }
189: div.head h1 { margin: 0; }
190: div.head .logo { float: right; margin: 0 1em; }
191: div.head .logo img { border: none } /* remove border from top image */
192: div.head dl { margin: 1em 0; }
193: div.head p.copyright, div.head p.alt { font-size: x-small; font-style: oblique; margin: 0; }
194:
195: body > .toc > li { margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; }
196: body > .toc.brief > li { margin-top: 0.35em; margin-bottom: 0.35em; }
197: body > .toc > li > * { margin-bottom: 0.5em; }
198: body > .toc > li > * > li > * { margin-bottom: 0.25em; }
199: .toc, .toc li { list-style: none; }
200:
201: .brief { margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; line-height: 1.1; }
202: .brief li { margin: 0; padding: 0; }
203: .brief li p { margin: 0; padding: 0; }
204:
205: .category-list { margin-top: -0.75em; margin-bottom: 1em; line-height: 1.5; }
206: .category-list::before { content: '\21D2\A0'; font-size: 1.2em; font-weight: 900; }
207: .category-list li { display: inline; }
208: .category-list li:not(:last-child)::after { content: ', '; }
209: .category-list li > span, .category-list li > a { text-transform: lowercase; }
1.123 mike 210: .category-list li * { text-transform: none; } /* don't */
1.117 mike 211:
212: .XXX { color: #E50000; background: white; border: solid red; padding: 0.5em; margin: 1em 0; }
213: .XXX > :first-child { margin-top: 0; }
214: p .XXX { line-height: 3em; }
215: .annotation { border: solid thin black; background: #0C479D; color: white; position: relative; margin: 8px 0 20px 0; }
216: .annotation:before { position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 6px -6px -6px 6px; background: #333333; z-index: -1; content: ''; }
217: .annotation :link, .annotation :visited { color: inherit; }
218: .annotation :link:hover, .annotation :visited:hover { background: transparent; }
219: .annotation span { border: none ! important; }
220: .note { color: green; background: transparent; font-family: sans-serif; }
221: .warning { color: red; background: transparent; }
222: .note, .warning { font-weight: bolder; font-style: italic; }
223: .note em, .warning em, .note i, .warning i { font-style: normal; }
224: p.note, div.note { padding: 0.5em 2em; }
225: span.note { padding: 0 2em; }
226: .note p:first-child, .warning p:first-child { margin-top: 0; }
227: .note p:last-child, .warning p:last-child { margin-bottom: 0; }
228: .warning:before { font-style: normal; }
229: p.note:before { content: 'Note: '; }
230: p.warning:before { content: '\26A0 Warning! '; }
231:
232: .bookkeeping:before { display: block; content: 'Bookkeeping details'; font-weight: bolder; font-style: italic; }
233: .bookkeeping { font-size: 0.8em; margin: 2em 0; }
234: .bookkeeping p { margin: 0.5em 2em; display: list-item; list-style: square; }
235: .bookkeeping dt { margin: 0.5em 2em 0; }
236: .bookkeeping dd { margin: 0 3em 0.5em; }
237:
238: h4 { position: relative; z-index: 3; }
239: h4 + .element, h4 + div + .element { margin-top: -2.5em; padding-top: 2em; }
240: .element {
241: background: #EEEEFF;
242: color: black;
243: margin: 0 0 1em 0.15em;
244: padding: 0 1em 0.25em 0.75em;
245: border-left: solid #9999FF 0.25em;
246: position: relative;
247: z-index: 1;
248: }
249: .element:before {
250: position: absolute;
251: z-index: 2;
252: top: 0;
253: left: -1.15em;
254: height: 2em;
255: width: 0.9em;
256: background: #EEEEFF;
257: content: ' ';
258: border-style: none none solid solid;
259: border-color: #9999FF;
260: border-width: 0.25em;
261: }
262:
263: .example { display: block; color: #222222; background: #FCFCFC; border-left: double; margin-left: 2em; padding-left: 1em; }
264: td > .example:only-child { margin: 0 0 0 0.1em; }
265:
266: ul.domTree, ul.domTree ul { padding: 0 0 0 1em; margin: 0; }
267: ul.domTree li { padding: 0; margin: 0; list-style: none; position: relative; }
268: ul.domTree li li { list-style: none; }
269: ul.domTree li:first-child::before { position: absolute; top: 0; height: 0.6em; left: -0.75em; width: 0.5em; border-style: none none solid solid; content: ''; border-width: 0.1em; }
270: ul.domTree li:not(:last-child)::after { position: absolute; top: 0; bottom: -0.6em; left: -0.75em; width: 0.5em; border-style: none none solid solid; content: ''; border-width: 0.1em; }
271: ul.domTree span { font-style: italic; font-family: serif; }
272: ul.domTree .t1 code { color: purple; font-weight: bold; }
273: ul.domTree .t2 { font-style: normal; font-family: monospace; }
274: ul.domTree .t2 .name { color: black; font-weight: bold; }
275: ul.domTree .t2 .value { color: blue; font-weight: normal; }
276: ul.domTree .t3 code, .domTree .t4 code, .domTree .t5 code { color: gray; }
277: ul.domTree .t7 code, .domTree .t8 code { color: green; }
278: ul.domTree .t10 code { color: teal; }
279:
280: body.dfnEnabled dfn { cursor: pointer; }
281: .dfnPanel {
282: display: inline;
283: position: absolute;
284: z-index: 10;
285: height: auto;
286: width: auto;
287: padding: 0.5em 0.75em;
288: font: small sans-serif, Droid Sans Fallback;
289: background: #DDDDDD;
290: color: black;
291: border: outset 0.2em;
292: }
293: .dfnPanel * { margin: 0; padding: 0; font: inherit; text-indent: 0; }
294: .dfnPanel :link, .dfnPanel :visited { color: black; }
295: .dfnPanel p { font-weight: bolder; }
296: .dfnPanel * + p { margin-top: 0.25em; }
297: .dfnPanel li { list-style-position: inside; }
298:
299: #configUI { position: absolute; z-index: 20; top: 10em; right: 1em; width: 11em; font-size: small; }
300: #configUI p { margin: 0.5em 0; padding: 0.3em; background: #EEEEEE; color: black; border: inset thin; }
301: #configUI p label { display: block; }
302: #configUI #updateUI, #configUI .loginUI { text-align: center; }
303: #configUI input[type=button] { display: block; margin: auto; }
304:
305: fieldset { margin: 1em; padding: 0.5em 1em; }
306: fieldset > legend + * { margin-top: 0; }
307: fieldset > :last-child { margin-bottom: 0; }
308: fieldset p { margin: 0.5em 0; }
309:
1.123 mike 310: .stability {
311: position: fixed;
312: bottom: 0;
313: left: 0; right: 0;
314: margin: 0 auto 0 auto;
315: width: 50%;
316: background: maroon; color: yellow;
317: -webkit-border-radius: 1em 1em 0 0;
318: -moz-border-radius: 1em 1em 0 0;
319: border-radius: 1em 1em 0 0;
320: -moz-box-shadow: 0 0 1em #500;
321: -webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 1em #500;
322: box-shadow: 0 0 1em red;
323: padding: 0.5em 1em;
324: text-align: center;
325: }
326: .stability strong {
327: display: block;
328: }
329: .stability input {
1.127 mike 330: -moz-appearance: none; -webkit-appearance: none; margin: 0;
331: border: 0; padding: 0.25em 0.5em; background: transparent; color: black;
1.123 mike 332: position: absolute; top: -0.5em; right: 0; font: 1.25em sans-serif; text-align: center;
333: }
334: .stability input:hover {
335: color: white;
336: text-shadow: 0 0 2px black;
337: }
338: .stability input:active {
339: padding: 0.3em 0.45em 0.2em 0.55em;
340: }
341: .stability :link, .stability :visited,
342: .stability :link:hover, .stability :visited:hover {
343: background: transparent;
344: color: white;
345: }
346:
347: /**/
348: /**/
1.127 mike 349: </style><link href="http://www.w3.org/StyleSheets/TR/W3C-WD" rel="stylesheet" type="text-css"><meta content="noindex" name="robots"><script>
1.123 mike 350:
351:
352: function getCookie(name) {
353: var params = location.search.substr(1).split("&");
354: for (var index = 0; index < params.length; index++) {
355: if (params[index] == name)
356: return "1";
357: var data = params[index].split("=");
358: if (data[0] == name)
359: return unescape(data[1]);
360: }
361: var cookies = document.cookie.split("; ");
362: for (var index = 0; index < cookies.length; index++) {
363: var data = cookies[index].split("=");
364: if (data[0] == name)
365: return unescape(data[1]);
366: }
367: return null;
1.1 mike 368: }
369:
1.123 mike 370:
371: </script><link href="the-rp-element.html" rel="prev" title="4.6.22 The rp element">
1.101 mike 372: <link href="Overview.html#contents" rel="contents" title="Table of contents">
1.93 mike 373: <link href="the-bdo-element.html" rel="next" title="4.6.24 The bdo element">
1.123 mike 374: <body class="split chapter" onload="fixBrokenLink();"><div class="head" id="head" xmlns="">
1.10 mike 375: <div aria-haspopup="true" id="jumpIndexA-button" role="button" tabindex="0">jump
1.123 mike 376: <div id="jumpIndexA">
377: <ul><li><a class="noindex" href="the-a-element.html#the-a-element">a</a><a class="noindex" href="the-abbr-element.html#the-abbr-element">abbr</a><a class="noindex" href="the-address-element.html#the-address-element">address</a><a class="noindex" href="the-area-element.html#the-area-element">area</a><a class="noindex" href="the-article-element.html#the-article-element">article</a><a class="noindex" href="the-aside-element.html#the-aside-element">aside</a><a class="noindex" href="the-audio-element.html#the-audio-element">audio</a></li>
378: </ul><ul><li><a class="noindex" href="the-b-element.html#the-b-element">b</a><a class="noindex" href="the-base-element.html#the-base-element">base</a><a class="noindex" href="#the-bdi-element">bdi</a><a class="noindex" href="the-bdo-element.html#the-bdo-element">bdo</a><a class="noindex" href="the-blockquote-element.html#the-blockquote-element">blockquote</a><a class="noindex" href="the-body-element.html#the-body-element">body</a><a class="noindex" href="the-br-element.html#the-br-element">br</a><a class="noindex" href="the-button-element.html#the-button-element">button</a></li>
379: </ul><ul><li><a class="noindex" href="the-canvas-element.html#the-canvas-element">canvas</a><a class="noindex" href="the-caption-element.html#the-caption-element">caption</a><a class="noindex" href="the-cite-element.html#the-cite-element">cite</a><a class="noindex" href="the-code-element.html#the-code-element">code</a><a class="noindex" href="the-col-element.html#the-col-element">col</a><a class="noindex" href="the-colgroup-element.html#the-colgroup-element">colgroup</a><a class="noindex" href="the-command-element.html#the-command-element">command</a></li>
380: </ul><ul><li><a class="noindex" href="the-datalist-element.html#the-datalist-element">datalist</a><a class="noindex" href="the-dd-element.html#the-dd-element">dd</a><a class="noindex" href="the-del-element.html#the-del-element">del</a><a class="noindex" href="the-details-element.html#the-details-element">details</a><a class="noindex" href="the-dfn-element.html#the-dfn-element">dfn</a><a class="noindex" href="the-div-element.html#the-div-element">div</a><a class="noindex" href="the-dl-element.html#the-dl-element">dl</a><a class="noindex" href="the-dt-element.html#the-dt-element">dt</a></li>
381: </ul><ul><li><a class="noindex" href="the-em-element.html#the-em-element">em</a><a class="noindex" href="the-embed-element.html#the-embed-element">embed</a><a class="noindex" href="the-fieldset-element.html#the-fieldset-element">fieldset</a><a class="noindex" href="the-figcaption-element.html#the-figcaption-element">figcaption</a><a class="noindex" href="the-figure-element.html#the-figure-element">figure</a><a class="noindex" href="the-footer-element.html#the-footer-element">footer</a><a class="noindex" href="the-form-element.html#the-form-element">form</a></li>
1.128 ! mike 382: </ul><ul><li><a class="noindex" href="#the-h1-h2-h3-h4-h5-and-h6-elements">h1</a><a class="noindex" href="#the-h1-h2-h3-h4-h5-and-h6-elements">h2</a><a class="noindex" href="#the-h1-h2-h3-h4-h5-and-h6-elements">h3</a><a class="noindex" href="#the-h1-h2-h3-h4-h5-and-h6-elements">h4</a><a class="noindex" href="#the-h1-h2-h3-h4-h5-and-h6-elements">h5</a><a class="noindex" href="#the-h1-h2-h3-h4-h5-and-h6-elements">h6</a><a class="noindex" href="the-head-element.html#the-head-element">head</a><a class="noindex" href="the-header-element.html#the-header-element">header</a><a class="noindex" href="the-hgroup-element.html#the-hgroup-element">hgroup</a><a class="noindex" href="the-hr-element.html#the-hr-element">hr</a><a class="noindex" href="the-html-element.html#the-html-element">html</a></li>
1.123 mike 383: </ul><ul><li><a class="noindex" href="the-i-element.html#the-i-element">i</a><a class="noindex" href="the-iframe-element.html#the-iframe-element">iframe</a><a class="noindex" href="the-img-element.html#the-img-element">img</a><a class="noindex" href="the-input-element.html#the-input-element">input</a><a class="noindex" href="the-ins-element.html#the-ins-element">ins</a><a class="noindex" href="the-kbd-element.html#the-kbd-element">kbd</a><a class="noindex" href="the-keygen-element.html#the-keygen-element">keygen</a></li>
384: </ul><ul><li><a class="noindex" href="the-label-element.html#the-label-element">label</a><a class="noindex" href="the-legend-element.html#the-legend-element">legend</a><a class="noindex" href="the-li-element.html#the-li-element">li</a><a class="noindex" href="the-link-element.html#the-link-element">link</a><a class="noindex" href="the-map-element.html#the-map-element">map</a><a class="noindex" href="the-mark-element.html#the-mark-element">mark</a><a class="noindex" href="the-menu-element.html#the-menu-element">menu</a><a class="noindex" href="the-meta-element.html#the-meta-element">meta</a><a class="noindex" href="the-meter-element.html#the-meter-element">meter</a></li>
385: </ul><ul><li><a class="noindex" href="the-nav-element.html#the-nav-element">nav</a><a class="noindex" href="the-noscript-element.html#the-noscript-element">noscript</a><a class="noindex" href="the-object-element.html#the-object-element">object</a><a class="noindex" href="the-ol-element.html#the-ol-element">ol</a><a class="noindex" href="the-optgroup-element.html#the-optgroup-element">optgroup</a><a class="noindex" href="the-option-element.html#the-option-element">option</a><a class="noindex" href="the-output-element.html#the-output-element">output</a></li>
386: </ul><ul><li><a class="noindex" href="the-p-element.html#the-p-element">p</a><a class="noindex" href="the-param-element.html#the-param-element">param</a><a class="noindex" href="the-pre-element.html#the-pre-element">pre</a><a class="noindex" href="the-progress-element.html#the-progress-element">progress</a><a class="noindex" href="the-q-element.html#the-q-element">q</a><a class="noindex" href="the-rp-element.html#the-rp-element">rp</a><a class="noindex" href="the-rt-element.html#the-rt-element">rt</a><a class="noindex" href="the-ruby-element.html#the-ruby-element">ruby</a></li>
387: </ul><ul><li><a class="noindex" href="the-s-element.html#the-s-element">s</a><a class="noindex" href="the-samp-element.html#the-samp-element">samp</a><a class="noindex" href="the-script-element.html#the-script-element">script</a><a class="noindex" href="the-section-element.html#the-section-element">section</a><a class="noindex" href="the-select-element.html#the-select-element">select</a><a class="noindex" href="the-small-element.html#the-small-element">small</a><a class="noindex" href="the-source-element.html#the-source-element">source</a><a class="noindex" href="the-span-element.html#the-span-element">span</a></li>
388: </ul><ul><li><a class="noindex" href="the-strong-element.html#the-strong-element">strong</a><a class="noindex" href="the-style-element.html#the-style-element">style</a><a class="noindex" href="the-sub-and-sup-elements.html#the-sub-and-sup-elements">sub</a><a class="noindex" href="the-summary-element.html#the-summary-element">summary</a><a class="noindex" href="the-sub-and-sup-elements.html#the-sub-and-sup-elements">sup</a></li>
389: </ul><ul><li><a class="noindex" href="the-table-element.html#the-table-element">table</a><a class="noindex" href="the-tbody-element.html#the-tbody-element">tbody</a><a class="noindex" href="the-td-element.html#the-td-element">td</a><a class="noindex" href="the-textarea-element.html#the-textarea-element">textarea</a><a class="noindex" href="the-tfoot-element.html#the-tfoot-element">tfoot</a><a class="noindex" href="the-th-element.html#the-th-element">th</a><a class="noindex" href="the-thead-element.html#the-thead-element">thead</a><a class="noindex" href="the-time-element.html#the-time-element">time</a><a class="noindex" href="the-title-element.html#the-title-element">title</a></li>
390: </ul><ul><li><a class="noindex" href="the-tr-element.html#the-tr-element">tr</a><a class="noindex" href="the-track-element.html#the-track-element">track</a><a class="noindex" href="the-u-element.html#the-u-element">u</a><a class="noindex" href="the-ul-element.html#the-ul-element">ul</a><a class="noindex" href="the-var-element.html#the-var-element">var</a><a class="noindex" href="the-video-element.html#the-video-element">video</a><a class="noindex" href="the-wbr-element.html#the-wbr-element">wbr</a></li>
391: </ul><ul class="jumpIndexA-other"><li><a class="noindex" href="global-attributes.html#global-attributes">global
392: attributes</a><a class="noindex" href="index-of-terms.html#index-of-terms">terms</a></li>
393: </ul></div>
394: </div>
395: <script src="jump-indexes.js">
396: </script><p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><a href="http://www.w3.org/"><img alt="W3C" height="48" src="http://www.w3.org/Icons/w3c_home" width="72"></a></p>
397: <h1 xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">HTML5</h1>
398: </div>
399: <div class="prev_next">
1.122 mike 400: <a href="the-rp-element.html">← 4.6.22 The rp element</a> –
1.1 mike 401: <a href="Overview.html#contents">Table of contents</a> –
1.122 mike 402: <a href="the-bdo-element.html">4.6.24 The bdo element →</a>
1.1 mike 403: </div>
404:
1.123 mike 405: <h4 id="the-bdi-element"><span class="secno">4.6.23</span> The
406: <dfn><code>bdi</code></dfn> element</h4>
407: <dl class="element"><dt><a href="element-definitions.html#element-dfn-categories" id="element-dfn-categories_54" title="element-dfn-categories">Categories</a>:</dt>
408: <dd><a href="content-models.html#flow-content-1" id="flow-content_90">Flow
409: content</a>.</dd>
410: <dd><a href="content-models.html#phrasing-content-1" id="phrasing-content_85">Phrasing
411: content</a>.</dd>
412: <dd><a href="content-models.html#palpable-content-0" id="palpable-content_37">Palpable
413: content</a>.</dd>
414: <dt><a href="element-definitions.html#element-dfn-contexts" id="element-dfn-contexts_54" title="element-dfn-contexts">Contexts in which this element can be
415: used</a>:</dt>
416: <dd>Where <a href="content-models.html#phrasing-content-1" id="phrasing-content_86">phrasing content</a> is expected.</dd>
417: <dt><a href="element-definitions.html#element-dfn-content-model" id="element-dfn-content-model_54" title="element-dfn-content-model">Content model</a>:</dt>
418: <dd><a href="content-models.html#phrasing-content-1" id="phrasing-content_87">Phrasing
419: content</a>.</dd>
420: <dt><a href="element-definitions.html#element-dfn-attributes" id="element-dfn-attributes_54" title="element-dfn-attributes">Content
421: attributes</a>:</dt>
422: <dd><a href="global-attributes.html#global-attributes" id="global-attributes_54">Global
423: attributes</a></dd>
424: <dd>Also, the <code title="attr-dir"><a href="global-attributes.html#the-dir-attribute" id="dir_16">dir</a></code> global attribute has special semantics
425: on this element.</dd>
426: <dt><a href="element-definitions.html#element-dfn-dom" id="element-dfn-dom_54" title="element-dfn-dom">DOM interface</a>:</dt>
427: <!--TOPIC:DOM APIs-->
428: <dd>Uses <code><a href="elements.html#htmlelement" id="htmlelement_58">HTMLElement</a></code>.</dd>
429: </dl><!--TOPIC:HTML--><p>The <code><a href="#the-bdi-element" id="bdi_6">bdi</a></code>
430: element <a href="#represents">represents</a> a span of text that is
431: to be isolated from its surroundings for the purposes of
432: bidirectional text formatting. <a href="references.html#refsBIDI">[BIDI]</a></p>
433: <p class="note">The <code title="attr-dir"><a href="global-attributes.html#the-dir-attribute" id="dir_17">dir</a></code> global attribute
434: defaults to <code title="attr-dir-auto"><a href="global-attributes.html#attr-dir-auto" id="auto_0">auto</a></code> on this element (it never inherits from
435: the parent element like with other elements).</p>
436: <div class="example">
437: <p>This element is especially useful when embedding user-generated
438: content with an unknown directionality.</p>
439: <p>In this example, usernames are shown along with the number of
440: posts that the user has submitted. If the <code><a href="#the-bdi-element" id="bdi_7">bdi</a></code> element were not used,
441: the username of the Arabic user would end up confusing the text
442: (the bidirectional algorithm would put the colon and the number "3"
443: next to the word "User" rather than next to the word "posts").</p>
444: <pre>
445: <ul>
1.1 mike 446: <li>User <bdi>jcranmer</bdi>: 12 posts.
447: <li>User <bdi>hober</bdi>: 5 posts.
1.122 mike 448: <li>User <bdi><bdo dir="rtl">إيان</bdo></bdi>: 3 posts.
1.123 mike 449: </ul>
450: </pre></div>
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