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; Usage<br />
: Outputs "<tt>rtl</tt>" for right-to-left languages else "<tt>ltr</tt>".<br />
: The default returned values "<tt>rtl</tt>" and "<tt>ltr</tt>" can also be customized.<br />
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; Syntax<br />
:* <tt><nowiki>{{</nowiki>dir|''language-code''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></tt><br />
:*: The ''language-code'' parameter should be conforming to BCP47, as required by web standards (HTML/CSS...), rather than Wikimedia labels for designating languages in domain names (in some cases, Wikimedia language codes are not conforming and only used for interwikis and URLs; most of them are being migrated to BCP47, which is based on some parts of the ISO649 standard).<br />
:*: If no ''language-code'' parameter is specified, it defaults to the preferred UI language of the visitor viewing the current page, which for ''you'' is currently <tt>{{uselang}}</tt>.<br />
:* <tt><nowiki>{{</nowiki>dir|''language-code''|''return value for RTL scripts''|''return value for LTR scripts''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></tt><br />
:*: The 2nd and 3rd (optional) parameters allows changing the default return values for languages written in RTL and LTR scripts, whose default are respectively "<tt>rtl</tt>" and "<tt>ltr</tt>".<br />
:*: This can be used to customize CSS styles such as text alignment or floatting side or lateral margins/borders/paddings, or to change the displayed text/symbols or names of images/icons depending on the script direction.<br />
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; Note<br />
: Currently it recognizes the following codes of languages usually written in a right-to-left script:<br />
: <tt>ar | arc | arz | bcc | ckb | bqi | dv | fa | fa-af | glk | ha | he | kk-arab | kk-cn | ks | ku-arab | mzn | pnb | prd | ps | sd | ug | ur | ydd | yi</tt><br />
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; Examples<br />
:* <tt><nowiki>{{dir}}</nowiki></tt>, for the current user language which is {{#language:{{uselang}}|en}} (<span lang="{{uselang}}" dir="{{dir|{{uselang}}}}">{{#language:{{uselang}}}}</span>), returns <tt>{{dir}}</tt>. <br />
:* <tt><nowiki>{{dir|en}}</nowiki></tt>, for {{#language:en|en}} (<span lang="en" dir="{{dir|en}}">{{#language:en}}</span>), returns <tt>{{dir|en}}</tt>. <br />
:* <tt><nowiki>{{dir|ar}}</nowiki></tt>, for {{#language:ar|en}} (<span lang="ar" dir="{{dir|ar}}">{{#language:ar}}</span>), returns <tt>{{dir|ar}}</tt>.<br />
:* <tt><nowiki>{{dir|yi}}</nowiki></tt>, for {{#language:yi|en}} (<span lang="yi" dir="{{dir|yi}}">{{#language:yi}}</span>), returns <tt>{{dir|yi}}</tt>.<br />
:* <tt><nowiki>{{dir|2=right|3=left}}</nowiki></tt>, for the current user language which is {{#language:{{uselang}}|en}} (<span lang="{{uselang}}" dir="{{dir|{{uselang}}}}">{{#language:{{uselang}}}}</span>), returns <tt>{{dir|2=right|3=left}}</tt>. <br />
:* <tt><nowiki>{{dir|en|right|left}}</nowiki></tt>, for {{#language:en|en}} (<span lang="en" dir="{{dir|en}}">{{#language:en}}</span>), returns <tt>{{dir|en|right|left}}</tt>. <br />
:* <tt><nowiki>{{dir|ar|right|left}}</nowiki></tt>, for {{#language:ar|en}} (<span lang="ar" dir="{{dir|ar}}">{{#language:ar}}</span>), returns <tt>{{dir|ar|right|left}}</tt>.<br />
:* <tt><nowiki>{{dir|yi|right|left}}</nowiki></tt>, for {{#language:yi|en}} (<span lang="yi" dir="{{dir|yi}}">{{#language:yi}}</span>), returns <tt>{{dir|yi|right|left}}</tt>.<br />
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