<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title>text-align: start, pre, dir=auto</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'> <link rel='match' href='reference/text-align-start-ref-016.html'> <meta name="assert" content="text-align:start aligns inline-level content to the start edge of the line box – ie. left when direction is auto and first strong character is ltr, and right when first strong is rtl."> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/fonts/ahem.css"> <style type='text/css'> .test { text-align: start; } /* the CSS below is not part of the test */ .test, .ref1, .ref2 { width: 300px; color: orange; font: 25px/1 Ahem; } .test { border: 1px solid orange; margin: 20px; } .ref1, .ref2 { border-left: 1px solid orange; border-right: 1px solid orange; margin: 0 20px; } .ref1 { border-top: 1px solid orange; text-align: left; } .ref2 { border-bottom: 1px solid orange; text-align: right; } </style> </head> <body> <div id='instructions'>Test passes if shading in both orange boxes is identical.</div> <pre class="test" dir="auto">TES ‏TIN</pre> <div class="ref1">REF</div> <div class="ref2">ERE</div> <!-- Notes: The &rlm isn't in the Ahem font, so it may cause a spurious effect, such as a thin white line in the middle of a block in IE. This should be ignored. The test needs a RTL character in the Ahem font, so that the &RLM can be removed. --> </body> </html>