HTML5 <bdi> tag — TutorialBrain

Note/Warning/Info The <bdi> is a new tag in HTML5.

<bdi> tag

The HTML5 <bdi> tag denotes Bi-Directional Isolation.

This tells the browser to treat a particular text in isolation with its nearby surrounding texts.

Suppose, you want to insert a text dynamically and you do not know the direction of the text, then it is a good idea to code the text inside the <bdi> tag.

In short, this will format the text in different direction.

Syntax:
<bdi>Text… </bdi>

Example

<ul>
  <li>Microscope: <bdi>1595</bdi></li>
  <li>Television: <bdi>1927</bdi></li>
  <li>Camera: <bdi>1816</bdi></li>
  <li>Telephone: <bdi>1876</bdi></li>
</ul>

How Browser will display

Inline

Difference between HTML4.01, XHTML and HTML5

HTML4	XHTML	HTML5
NA	NA	This is a New tag in HTML5

Attributes used with the <bdi> tag

The dir attribute behaves in a different way when used with the <bdi> tag.

The different behavior is that the default value of the dir attribute is auto when you use this with the <bdi> tag.

Global Attributes

The <bdi> tag supports Global attributes.

Event Attributes

The <bdi> tag supports Event attributes.

Supporting Browsers

Related Tags

<bdo>.