Style direction Property

Set the text direction of a <p> element to "right-to-left":

document.getElementById("demo").style.direction = "rtl";

Description

The direction property sets or returns the text direction (reading order) of an element's content.

Property
direction	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Return the direction property:

object.style.direction

Set the direction property:

object.style.direction = "ltr|rtl|initial|inherit"

Value	Description
ltr	Text flows from left to right. This is default
rtl	Text flows from right to left
initial	Sets this property to its default value. Read about initial
inherit	Inherits this property from its parent element. Read about inherit

Default Value:	ltr
Return Value:	A String, representing the text direction of an element
CSS Version	CSS2

Return the text direction of a <p> element:

alert(document.getElementById("demo").style.direction);

CSS tutorial: CSS Text