The **bi-directional text override `<bdo>`** element tells the browser to override the directionality of the text with the one specified in the `dir` attribute.

# Attributes
`<bdo>` supports all [global attributes](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Global_attributes). The direction attribute `dir` takes on the following values for the directionality of the text: 


  <li>HELLO <bdo dir="rtl">HELLO</bdo></li>

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In the above code, the text in the `<bdo dir="rtl">` tag will be rendered from right-to-left even though its default direction is left-to-right.

What is the <bdo> element in HTML?

The <bdo> element in HTML overrides text directionality using the dir attribute for bidirectional text.

dir	Description
ltr	represents if the text needs to be rendered from left-to-right
rtl	represents if the text needs to be rendered from right-to-left

What is the <bdo> element in HTML?

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