writing-mode
Baseline Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since March 2017.
The writing-mode attribute specifies whether the initial inline-progression-direction for a <text> element shall be left-to-right, right-to-left, or top-to-bottom. The writing-mode attribute applies only to <text> elements; the attribute is ignored for <tspan>, <tref>, and <textPath> sub-elements. (Note that the inline-progression-direction can change within a <text> element due to the Unicode bidirectional algorithm and properties direction and unicode-bidi.)
Note: As a presentation attribute, writing-mode can be used as a CSS property. See the CSS writing-mode property for more information.
You can use this attribute with the following SVG elements:
Usage notes
| Default value | horizontal-tb |
|---|---|
| Value |
horizontal-tb | vertical-rl |
vertical-lr
|
| Animatable | Yes |
horizontal-tb-
This value defines a top-to-bottom block flow direction. Both the writing mode and the typographic mode are horizontal.
vertical-rl-
This value defines a right-to-left block flow direction. Both the writing mode and the typographic mode are vertical.
vertical-lr-
This value defines a left-to-right block flow direction. Both the writing mode and the typographic mode are vertical.
Specifications
| Specification |
|---|
| CSS Writing Modes Level 4 # block-flow |
| Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 2 # WritingModeProperty |
Browser compatibility
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