This feature is not Baseline because it does not work in some of the most widely-used browsers.
Secure context: This feature is available only in secure contexts (HTTPS), in some or all supporting browsers.
Note: This feature is available in Web Workers.
The dir read-only property of the Notification interface indicates the text direction of the notification, as specified in the dir option of the Notification() constructor.
A string specifying the text direction. Possible values are:
autoadopts the browser's language setting behavior (the default.)
ltrleft to right.
rtlright to left.
Note: Most browsers seem to ignore explicit ltr and rtl settings, and just go with the browser-wide setting.
The following snippet fires a notification; a simple options object is created, then the notification is fired using the Notification() constructor.
const options = {
body: "Your code submission has received 3 new review comments.",
dir: "rtl",
};
const n = new Notification("New review activity", options);
console.log(n.dir); // "rtl"
| Specification |
|---|
| Notifications API> # dom-notification-dir> |
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Opera | Safari | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | WebView Android | WebView on iOS | |
dir |
20 | 14 | 26 | 23 | 7 | 42 | 26 | 29 | 16.4 | 4.0 | No | No |
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Notification/dir