Style invalidation when inserting RTL text descendant of dir=auto On success, you will see a series of "PASS" messages, followed by "TEST COMPLETE". PASS getComputedStyle(outerAuto).direction is "ltr" PASS getComputedStyle(textInsertionPoint).direction is "ltr" PASS getComputedStyle(affectedByAuto).direction is "ltr" PASS getComputedStyle(explicitLTR).direction is "ltr" PASS internals.updateStyleAndReturnAffectedElementCount() is 4 PASS getComputedStyle(outerAuto).direction is "rtl" PASS getComputedStyle(textInsertionPoint).direction is "rtl" PASS getComputedStyle(affectedByAuto).direction is "rtl" PASS getComputedStyle(explicitLTR).direction is "ltr" Forcing everything back to LTR with dir attribute: PASS internals.updateStyleAndReturnAffectedElementCount() is 4 PASS getComputedStyle(outerAuto).direction is "ltr" PASS getComputedStyle(textInsertionPoint).direction is "ltr" PASS getComputedStyle(affectedByAuto).direction is "ltr" PASS getComputedStyle(explicitLTR).direction is "ltr" PASS successfullyParsed is true TEST COMPLETE ؄ل