Right-Aligned, Left-to-Right Text Input in HTML

The need arises to support Arabic text input on a website, where new characters should be appended from left to right and the text aligned in the right direction.

Setting the CSS property "text-align:right" proves ineffective, as the cursor cannot be positioned to the left for character addition. Switching to "direction:RTL" corrects the cursor positioning and right-aligns the text, but new characters are still appended to the right end.

To achieve the desired behavior, as showcased on the Google Arabic Search page, use the "dir=rtl" attribute on the input element. This attribute instructs the browser to interpret the text as right-to-left (RTL) oriented, ensuring new characters are added correctly: