CSS - box-direction

Example

 

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

Syntax  

CSS
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 valuenormal
Applies toelements with a CSS display value of box or inline-box
Inheritedno
Mediavisual
Computed valueas specified
Animatableno
Canonical orderthe 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  

 

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

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