Working with HTML Areas and Style Sheets

This table lists and describes the system and meta-HTML variables that are used to develop bidirectional PeopleSoft Pure Internet Architecture pages:

Directionality Variables	Description
%AlignStart	Use this system or meta-HTML variable instead of hard-coded `left` to align page elements.
%AlignEnd	Use this system or meta-HTML variable instead of hard-coded `right` to align text.
%AlignAmount	Use this system or meta-HTML variable instead of hard-coded `right` for numeric amounts
%Direction	Use this system or meta-HTML variable instead of hard-coded `ltr` or `rtl` to set the directionality of elements, such as the `<html>` tag of an HTML document.

Anywhere you normally use left, right, ltr, or rtl, use the appropriate directionality variable. For instance, instead of

<td align='right'>

use

<td align='%AlignEnd'>

This also applies to left and right keywords within HTML substrings. For instance:

%AlignStartmargin=10

Note:

HTML elements inherit the directionality of the parent element, so setting dir='%Direction' on the HTML tag will take effect for all the elements within the HTML page, unless overridden. If no directionality is set on the HTML element, the default value is dir='ltr'.