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<h1>CSS Writing Modes Module Level 3</h1>
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<h2 class="no-num no-toc" id=longstatus-date>Editor's Draft 24 April 2012</h2>
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<h2 class="no-num no-toc" id=longstatus-date>Editor's Draft 25 April 2012</h2>
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<dl>
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<dt>This version:
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<dd><a
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href="http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css3-writing-modes/">http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css3-writing-modes/</a>
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<dd><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/WD-css3-writing-modes-20120424/">http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/ED-css3-writing-modes-20120424/</a>
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<dd><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/WD-css3-writing-modes-20120425/">http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/ED-css3-writing-modes-20120425/</a>
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block, but in the case of a paragraph contained by bidi <a
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href="#isolate">isolation</a> it is the isolating inline element instead.
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<p>Because the base directionality of a text depends on the structure and
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<p>Because the base direction of a text depends on the structure and
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semantics of the document, the &lsquo;<a href="#direction0"><code
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class=property>direction</code></a>&rsquo; and &lsquo;<a
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href="#unicode-bidi0"><code class=property>unicode-bidi</code></a>&rsquo;
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<td>specified value
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<p>This property specifies the base directionality of text and elements on
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a line, and the directionality of embeddings and overrides (see &lsquo;<a
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href="#unicode-bidi0"><code class=property>unicode-bidi</code></a>&rsquo;)
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for the Unicode bidirectional algorithm. In addition, it affects the
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<p>This property specifies the inline base direction or directionality of
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any bidi paragraph, embedding, or override established by the element.
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(See &lsquo;<a href="#unicode-bidi0"><code
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class=property>unicode-bidi</code></a>&rsquo;) In addition, it informs the
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ordering of <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/tables.html">table</a>
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column layout, the direction of horizontal <a
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href="http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visufx.html#overflow">overflow</a>, and
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the default alignment of text within a line, and other things that depend
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on the base inline base direction.
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the default alignment of text within a line, and other layout effects that
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depend on the element's inline base direction.
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<p>Values for this property have the following meanings:
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class=property>direction</code></a>&rsquo; as usual, but by following
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the heuristic in rules P2 and P3 of the Unicode bidirectional algorithm.
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An element immediately contains a bidi paragraph if the element itself,
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but none of its descendants, is a block container or bidi-isolating
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inline that contains the entire bidi paragraph.
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but none of its descendants, both contains the entire bidi paragraph and
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is a block container or bidi-isolating inline.
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<p class=note>Because the &lsquo;<a href="#unicode-bidi0"><code

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of a paragraph contained by bidi <a href="#isolate">isolation</a> it
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<p>Because the base directionality of a text depends on the structure and
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<p>Because the base direction of a text depends on the structure and
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semantics of the document, the 'direction' and 'unicode-bidi' properties
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should in most cases be used only to map bidi information in the markup
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to its corresponding CSS styles.
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<p>This property specifies the base directionality of text and elements
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on a line, and the directionality of embeddings and overrides (see
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'unicode-bidi') for the Unicode
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bidirectional algorithm. In addition, it affects the ordering of <a
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href="http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/tables.html">table</a> column layout,
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<p>This property specifies the inline base direction or directionality
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of any bidi paragraph, embedding, or override established by the element.
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(See 'unicode-bidi')
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In addition, it informs the ordering of
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<a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/tables.html">table</a> column layout,
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the direction of horizontal <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visufx.html#overflow">overflow</a>,
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and the default alignment of text within a line, and other things
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that depend on the base inline base direction.</p>
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and the default alignment of text within a line, and other layout effects
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that depend on the element's inline base direction.</p>
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<p>Values for this property have the following meanings:</p>
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An element immediately contains a bidi paragraph if the element itself,
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but none of its descendants, is a block container or bidi-isolating
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inline that contains the entire bidi paragraph.
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but none of its descendants, both contains the entire bidi paragraph
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and is a block container or bidi-isolating inline.
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<p class=note>Because the 'unicode-bidi' property does not inherit,

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