Directionality plugin
Toolbar buttons for setting the left-to-right or right-to-left direction of content.
Contribute to this pageThis plugin adds directionality controls to the toolbar, enabling TinyMCE to better handle languages written from right to left. It also adds a toolbar button for each of its values, ltr
for left-to-right text and rtl
for right-to-left text.
Basic setup
tinymce.init({
selector: 'textarea', // change this value according to your HTML
plugins: 'directionality',
toolbar: 'ltr rtl'
});
Toolbar buttons
The Directionality plugin provides the following toolbar buttons:
Toolbar button identifier | Description |
---|---|
ltr | Sets the directionality of contents to ltr. |
rtl | Sets the directionality of contents to rtl. |
These toolbar buttons can be added to the editor using:
- The
toolbar
configuration option. - The
quickbars_insert_toolbar
configuration option. - Custom Context toolbars.
Commands
The Directionality plugin provides the following JavaScript commands.
Command | Description |
---|---|
mceDirectionLTR | Changes the directionality to LTR. |
mceDirectionRTL | Changes the directionality to RTL. |
Examples
tinymce.activeEditor.execCommand('mceDirectionLTR');
tinymce.activeEditor.execCommand('mceDirectionRTL');
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