CSS - box-direction

Example

.example {
  /* bottom-to-top layout */
  -moz-box-direction: reverse;      /* Mozilla */
  -webkit-box-direction: reverse;   /* WebKit */
  box-direction: reverse;           /* As specified */
}

Syntax  

normal <a href="css/value_definition_syntax#single_bar" title="Single bar">|</a> reverse <a href="css/value_definition_syntax#single_bar" title="Single bar">|</a> inherit

Description  

The CSS box-direction property specifies whether a box lays out its contents normally (from the top or left edge), or in reverse (from the bottom or right edge). See Flexbox for more about the properties of flexbox elements.

Browser Compatibility  

[1] In addition to the -moz prefixed support, Gecko 48.0 (Firefox 48.0 / Thunderbird 48.0 / SeaMonkey 2.45) added support for a -webkit prefixed version of the property for web compatibility reasons behind the preference layout.css.prefixes.webkit, defaulting to false. Since Gecko 49.0 (Firefox 49.0 / Thunderbird 49.0 / SeaMonkey 2.46) the preference defaults to true.

Notes  

The edge of the box designated the start for layout purposes depends on the box's orientation:

The edge opposite to the start is designated the end.

If the direction is set using the element's dir attribute, then the style is ignored.

See Also  

• box-orient, box-pack, box-align, flex-direction

Specifications  

• Flexible Box Layout Module (W3C Working Draft)
  Note: The current state of this specification does not reflect Mozilla's or WebKit's implementation.
• Old Flexible Box Layout Module
  Note: WebKit and Mozilla's implementations reflect this version of the specification

normal

The box lays out its contents from the start (the left or top edge).

reverse

The box lays out its contents from the end (the right or bottom edge).

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