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<title>The dir attribute: default direction, basic test</title>
<link rel='author' title='HTML5 bidi test WG' href='mailto:public-i18n-bidi@w3.org'>
<link rel='help' href='https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/dom.html#the-dir-attribute'>
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<meta name="assert" content="If the root element has no dir attribute, the directionality of an element is 'ltr'.">
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.test, .ref { width: 90%; margin: 0 4%; font-size: 2em; position: absolute; top: 0; }
.ref { color: red; z-index: -100; }

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<p class="instructions" dir="ltr">Test passes if you see no red characters.</p>
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<div class="test"><p>مكتب W3C הישראלי</p></div>
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<div class="test"><p>&#x202A;مكتب W3C הישראלי&#x202C;</p></div>
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