<!DOCTYPE HTML> <html> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title>Set and unset dir="auto"</title> <script type="text/javascript" src="setDir.js"></script> <style> textarea { resize: none; } </style> </head> <body onload="appendTextFromArray(new Array('אבג', ' ', 'ABC'))"> <div><input type="text" value="­" id="set0" dir="auto"></div> <div><span id="set1" dir="auto">­</span></div> <div><textarea id="set2" dir="auto">­</textarea></div> <div><button id="set3" dir="auto">­</button></div> <div><bdi id="set4">­</bdi></div> </body> </html>