<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<h1>The textarea dirname attribute</h1>
<form action="/action_page.php"> Text:<br> <textarea name="explanation"dirname="explanation.dir"></textarea> <input type="submit" value="Submit">
</form>
<p>When the form is being submitted, the text direction of the textarea will also be submitted.</p>
</body>
</html>