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.
Initial value | normal |
---|---|
Applies to | elements with a CSS display value of box or inline-box |
Inherited | no |
Media | visual |
Computed value | as specified |
Animatable | no |
Canonical order | the unique non-ambiguous order defined by the formal grammar |
Browser Compatibility
Feature | Chrome | Firefox (Gecko) | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Basic support | (Yes)-webkit | (Yes)-moz[1] | No support | (Yes)-webkit | 1.1-khtml 3.0-webkit |
Feature | Android | Chrome for Android | Firefox Mobile (Gecko) | IE Mobile | Opera Mobile | Safari Mobile |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Basic support | ? | ? | (Yes) -moz[1] | No support | ? | 1.0-webkit |
[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:
Horizontal | left |
---|---|
Vertical | top |
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
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).
License
© 2016 Mozilla Contributors
Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License v2.5 or later.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-us/docs/web/css/box-direction