Controlling the Text Direction Using XML Markup
Oxygen XML Author Supports the following CSS properties:
CSS Properties Controlling Text Direction
direction |
Specifies the writing direction of the text. The possible values are
ltr (the text direction is left to right), rtl
(the text direction is right to left, and inherit (the direction
property is inherited from the parent element).
|
unicodeBidi |
Used along with the direction property to create levels of
embedded text with different text directions in the same document. The possible values
of this property are bidi-override (creates an additional level of
embedding and forces all strong characters to the direction specified in the
direction), embed (creates an additional level of
embedding), normal (does not use an additional level of embedding),
and inherit ( the value of the unicodeBidi property
is inherited from parent element).
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For instance, to declare an element as being Right to Left, you could use a stylesheet like the one below:
XML File:
<article> <myRTLpara>RIGHT TO LEFT TEXT</myRTLPara> </article>
Associated CSS File:
myRTLpara{
direction:rtl;
unicode-bidi:embed;
}
Oxygen XML Author recognizes the dir attribute on any XML document. The
supported values are:
ltr |
The text from the current element is Left to Right, embedded. |
rtl |
The text from the current element is Right to Left, embedded. |
lro |
The text from the current element is Left to Right, embedded. |
rlo |
The text from the current element is Right to Left, embedded. |
The following XML document types make use of the dir attribute with the
above values:
- DITA
- DocBook
- TEI
- XHTML
Note
When the inline element tags are visible, the text in the line is arranged according
to
the BIDI algorithm after replacing the tags symbols with Object Replacement Characters.
This
makes it possible to get a different text arrangement when viewing a document in the
No Tags mode versus viewing it in the Full
Tags mode.