Arabic and hebrew text, Bi-directional text flow, Tag editor – Adobe Dreamweaver CC 2015 User Manual
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Arabic and Hebrew text
New and improved features for working in Arabic and Hebrew are available in the Middle East and North African
edition of this software.
Bi-directional text flow
Text in Middle Eastern languages is mostly written from right to left (RTL). However, in general, the most commonly
used form is bi-directional (bidi) text - a mix of left-to-right and right-to-left text. An example of bidi text is a paragraph
that includes Arabic and English text. In CS6, you can use Dreamweaver to type Arabic, Hebrew, or bidi text, in design
view and code view.
In Dreamweaver Middle Eastern version, Right-to-left direction attribute can be applied to two notional objects,
paragraphs and characters. The direction attribute can be applied to tags supported in the HTML specification. The
direction attribute can take values: ltr (default), rtl, or inherit.
When you enter Arabic, Hebrew, or mixed text, Dreamweaver recognizes the languages as Right-to-left (RTL) and
displays it text appropriately.
Tag editor
You can apply direction and language settings using the Tag Editor.
Text direction and Unicode-bidi in CSS Rules
You can specify the Text direction as a CSS rule. In the CSS Rule definition dialog box, specify Direction and Unicode-
bidi options.
Table properties
Right-to-left tables are right aligned, and columns are ordered from right to left. The resizing handles appear on the left
side. On tabbing, the cursor moves in RTL direction..
Specify the table direction using the Properties panel.
Last updated 6/3/2015