writing-mode | NN n/a IE5.5(Win) CSS n/a
| Inherited: Yes
Intended primarily for languages that display characters in vertical sentences, this controls the progression of content, left-to-right, or right-to-left.
CSS Syntax
    writing-mode: direction
Value
One of the constant values: lr-tb | tb-rl. Value of tb-rl can rotate text of some languages by 90 degrees.
Initial Value
lr-tb
Applies To
All elements.
Object Model Reference
    [window.]document.getElementById("elementID").style.writingMode