html direction by language? (if english dir=ltr if arabic dir=rtl)

Question

Can I do that?

I mean if, for example, the contents of the <div> is Hebrew or Arabic, float the <div> right and give it a dir="rtl" attribute. And, if the contents of the <div> is English, float to the left and change the dir attribute to "ltr".

Ss that possible?

Answer 1

If you don't know the language, you can use regular expression to find hebrew or arabic characters, and then set the direction accordingly.

Use regular expressions to find Hebrew: Javascript - how to find hebrew?

All unicode blocks, which you can use to edit the above solution to fit also Arabic: http://www.regular-expressions.info/unicode.html#block