HTML bdi Tag

Example

Isolate the usernames from the surrounding text-direction settings:

<ul>
  <li>User <bdi>hrefs</bdi>: 60 points</li>
  <li>User <bdi>jdoe</bdi>: 80 points</li>
  <li>User <bdi>إيان</bdi>: 90 points</li>
</ul>

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Definition and Usage

BDI stands for Bi-Directional Isolation.

The <bdi> tag isolates a part of text that might be formatted in a different direction from other text outside it.

This element is useful when embedding user-generated content with an unknown directionality.

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Browser Support

Element
<bdi>	Yes	Not supported	Yes	Yes	Yes

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Differences Between HTML 4.01 and HTML5

The <bdi> tag is new in HTML5.

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Global Attributes

The <bdi> tag also supports the Global Attributes in HTML.

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Event Attributes

The <bdi> tag also supports the Event Attributes in HTML.