<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en" > <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title>text-align: end, textarea, dir=auto on surrounding block</title> <link rel='author' title='Richard Ishida' href='mailto:ishida@w3.org'> <link rel='help' href='https://drafts.csswg.org/css-text-3/#text-align-property'> <meta name="assert" content="text-align:end aligns inline-level content to the end edge of the line box – ie. since dir=auto is not inherited by textarea, to right in ltr context."> <style type='text/css'> .test { text-align: end; } /* the CSS below is not part of the test */ .test { border: 1px solid blue; margin: 20px; width: 300px; font-size: 24px; line-height: 1;} </style> </head> <body> <div id='instructions'>Test passes if both words are right-aligned in both boxes.</div> <div dir="auto"> <textarea class="test">latin و·کمی</textarea> </div> <div dir="auto"> <textarea class="test">و·کمی latin</textarea> </div> <!-- Notes: The rationale for the expected outcome here is described at https://drafts.csswg.org/css-writing-modes-3/#valdef-unicode-bidi-plaintext "Because the unicode-bidi property does not inherit, setting bidi-override or plaintext on a block box will not affect any descendant blocks. Therefore these values are best used on blocks and inlines that do not contain any block-level structures. " --> </body> </html>