: The BDI Element
Last updated: 2026-09-12
<bdi>The BDI Element
Bi-directional isolation: treats its text as an isolated direction segment, avoiding mixed-direction contamination.
| Category | Text Content |
|---|---|
| Content Model | Flow content |
| Allowed Parents | Any element that accepts flow content |
| Content Tag | Yes — requires closing </bdi> tag |
| Status | Standard |
📝 Syntax
<bdi>username</bdi>▶ Example
Edit the code below and see the live result in the playground:
🌐 Browser Support
| Browser |  Chrome |
 Edge |
 Firefox |
 Safari |
 Opera |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <bdi> | ✓ v1 | ✓ v12 | ✓ v1 | ✓ v1 | ✓ v1 |
| Supported in all major browsers | |||||
Tip： bdi is like dir=auto but creates a strong isolation boundary; great for untrusted user content.
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