HTML <bdi> tag

HTML <bdi> tag stands for Bidirectional Isolate Element. It is used to inform the browser to isolate the span of text which may be formatted in opposite directions than the surrounding text.

This tag is new in HTML5 and useful for languages such as Arabic or Hebrew, or if the browser dynamically inserts some text without knowing the directionality of text.

Note: The directionality of content inside <bdi> does not influence by the directionality of surrounding content.

Syntax

Following are some specifications about the <bdi> tag

Display	Inline
Start tag/End tag	Both start and End tag
Usage	Semantic/textual

Example

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Bdi tag</title>
             <style>
	 bdi{
	       font-size: 25px;
                     color: red; }
       </style>
</head>
<body>
<h2>Example of HTML bdi tag</h2>
<p>
This <bdi> ???? ????? </bdi>  Content is written in Arabic language
</p>
</body>
</html>

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Output:

Attributes

Tag-specific attribute:

The <bdi> tag does not include any specific attribute

Global attribute:

The <bdi> tag supports all Global attribute

Event Attributes:

The <bdi> tag supports all Event Attributes

Difference between <bdi> and <bdo>

HTML <bdi> tag is new element of HTML5 and it is very similar to HTML <bdo> element. But the main difference in both the elements is that <bdi> tag isolates the content from its surrounding content but <bdo> tag reveres the direction. Sometimes <bdo> tag may cause some unexpected rendering errors so try to use <bdi> if required.