diff --git a/core/modules/editor/engines/framed.js b/core/modules/editor/engines/framed.js
index 6e7da24da..d5a77d9dd 100644
--- a/core/modules/editor/engines/framed.js
+++ b/core/modules/editor/engines/framed.js
@@ -71,6 +71,9 @@ function FramedEngine(options) {
 	if(this.widget.editRows) {
 		this.domNode.setAttribute("rows",this.widget.editRows);
 	}
+	if(this.widget.editDir) {
+		this.domNode.setAttribute("dir",this.widget.editDir);
+	}
 	if(this.widget.editTabIndex) {
 		this.iframeNode.setAttribute("tabindex",this.widget.editTabIndex);
 	}
@@ -97,6 +100,7 @@ FramedEngine.prototype.copyStyles = function() {
 	this.domNode.style.width = "100%";
 	this.domNode.style.margin = "0";
 	this.domNode.style["background-color"] = this.widget.wiki.extractTiddlerDataItem(this.widget.wiki.getTiddlerText("$:/palette"),"tiddler-editor-background");
+	this.domNode.style.direction = "";
 	// In Chrome setting -webkit-text-fill-color overrides the placeholder text colour
 	this.domNode.style["-webkit-text-fill-color"] = "currentcolor";
 };
diff --git a/core/modules/editor/engines/simple.js b/core/modules/editor/engines/simple.js
index bb77893d7..7e4997720 100644
--- a/core/modules/editor/engines/simple.js
+++ b/core/modules/editor/engines/simple.js
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ function SimpleEngine(options) {
 	if(this.widget.editTabIndex) {
 		this.domNode.setAttribute("tabindex",this.widget.editTabIndex);
 	}
+	if(this.widget.editDir) {
+		this.domNode.setAttribute("dir",this.widget.editDir);
+	}
 	// Add an input event handler
 	$tw.utils.addEventListeners(this.domNode,[
 		{name: "focus", handlerObject: this, handlerMethod: "handleFocusEvent"},
diff --git a/core/modules/editor/factory.js b/core/modules/editor/factory.js
index 8dfc88037..a1f2bfb02 100644
--- a/core/modules/editor/factory.js
+++ b/core/modules/editor/factory.js
@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ function editTextWidgetFactory(toolbarEngine,nonToolbarEngine) {
 		this.editFocusPopup = this.getAttribute("focusPopup");
 		this.editFocus = this.getAttribute("focus");
 		this.editTabIndex = this.getAttribute("tabindex");
+		this.editDir = this.getAttribute("dir");
 		// Get the default editor element tag and type
 		var tag,type;
 		if(this.editField === "text") {
@@ -208,7 +209,7 @@ function editTextWidgetFactory(toolbarEngine,nonToolbarEngine) {
 	EditTextWidget.prototype.refresh = function(changedTiddlers) {
 		var changedAttributes = this.computeAttributes();
 		// Completely rerender if any of our attributes have changed
-		if(changedAttributes.tiddler || changedAttributes.field || changedAttributes.index || changedAttributes["default"] || changedAttributes["class"] || changedAttributes.placeholder || changedAttributes.size || changedAttributes.autoHeight || changedAttributes.minHeight || changedAttributes.focusPopup ||  changedAttributes.rows || changedAttributes.tabindex || changedTiddlers[HEIGHT_MODE_TITLE] || changedTiddlers[ENABLE_TOOLBAR_TITLE]) {
+		if(changedAttributes.tiddler || changedAttributes.field || changedAttributes.index || changedAttributes["default"] || changedAttributes["class"] || changedAttributes.placeholder || changedAttributes.size || changedAttributes.autoHeight || changedAttributes.minHeight || changedAttributes.focusPopup ||  changedAttributes.rows || changedAttributes.tabindex || changedAttributes.dir || changedTiddlers[HEIGHT_MODE_TITLE] || changedTiddlers[ENABLE_TOOLBAR_TITLE]) {
 			this.refreshSelf();
 			return true;
 		} else if(changedTiddlers[this.editTitle]) {
diff --git a/core/modules/widgets/edit.js b/core/modules/widgets/edit.js
index 92ac0e1be..3b5130c6f 100644
--- a/core/modules/widgets/edit.js
+++ b/core/modules/widgets/edit.js
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ EditWidget.prototype.execute = function() {
 	this.editPlaceholder = this.getAttribute("placeholder");
 	this.editTabIndex = this.getAttribute("tabindex");
 	this.editFocus = this.getAttribute("focus","");
+	this.editDir = this.getAttribute("dir");
 	// Choose the appropriate edit widget
 	this.editorType = this.getEditorType();
 	// Make the child widgets
@@ -60,7 +61,8 @@ EditWidget.prototype.execute = function() {
 			"class": {type: "string", value: this.editClass},
 			"placeholder": {type: "string", value: this.editPlaceholder},
 			"tabindex": {type: "string", value: this.editTabIndex},
-			"focus": {type: "string", value: this.editFocus}
+			"focus": {type: "string", value: this.editFocus},
+			dir: {type: "string", value: this.editDir}
 		},
 		children: this.parseTreeNode.children
 	}]);
@@ -94,7 +96,7 @@ Selectively refreshes the widget if needed. Returns true if the widget or any of
 EditWidget.prototype.refresh = function(changedTiddlers) {
 	var changedAttributes = this.computeAttributes();
 	// Refresh if an attribute has changed, or the type associated with the target tiddler has changed
-	if(changedAttributes.tiddler || changedAttributes.field || changedAttributes.index || changedAttributes.tabindex || (changedTiddlers[this.editTitle] && this.getEditorType() !== this.editorType)) {
+	if(changedAttributes.tiddler || changedAttributes.field || changedAttributes.index || changedAttributes.tabindex || changedAttributes.dir || (changedTiddlers[this.editTitle] && this.getEditorType() !== this.editorType)) {
 		this.refreshSelf();
 		return true;
 	} else {
diff --git a/core/modules/widgets/reveal.js b/core/modules/widgets/reveal.js
index ebbf490b2..03bbb5601 100755
--- a/core/modules/widgets/reveal.js
+++ b/core/modules/widgets/reveal.js
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ RevealWidget.prototype.render = function(parent,nextSibling) {
 	if(this.style) {
 		domNode.setAttribute("style",this.style);
 	}
+	if(this.direction) {
+		domNode.setAttribute("dir",this.direction);
+	}
 	parent.insertBefore(domNode,nextSibling);
 	this.renderChildren(domNode,null);
 	if(!domNode.isTiddlyWikiFakeDom && this.type === "popup" && this.isOpen) {
@@ -107,6 +110,7 @@ RevealWidget.prototype.execute = function() {
 	this["default"] = this.getAttribute("default","");
 	this.animate = this.getAttribute("animate","no");
 	this.retain = this.getAttribute("retain","no");
+	this.direction = this.getAttribute("dir");
 	this.openAnimation = this.animate === "no" ? undefined : "open";
 	this.closeAnimation = this.animate === "no" ? undefined : "close";
 	// Compute the title of the state tiddler and read it
@@ -199,7 +203,7 @@ Selectively refreshes the widget if needed. Returns true if the widget or any of
 */
 RevealWidget.prototype.refresh = function(changedTiddlers) {
 	var changedAttributes = this.computeAttributes();
-	if(changedAttributes.state || changedAttributes.type || changedAttributes.text || changedAttributes.position || changedAttributes.positionAllowNegative || changedAttributes["default"] || changedAttributes.animate || changedAttributes.stateTitle || changedAttributes.stateField || changedAttributes.stateIndex) {
+	if(changedAttributes.state || changedAttributes.type || changedAttributes.text || changedAttributes.position || changedAttributes.positionAllowNegative || changedAttributes["default"] || changedAttributes.animate || changedAttributes.stateTitle || changedAttributes.stateField || changedAttributes.stateIndex || changedAttributes.direction) {
 		this.refreshSelf();
 		return true;
 	} else {
diff --git a/plugins/tiddlywiki/codemirror/engine.js b/plugins/tiddlywiki/codemirror/engine.js
index 630482d7d..f2ae88499 100755
--- a/plugins/tiddlywiki/codemirror/engine.js
+++ b/plugins/tiddlywiki/codemirror/engine.js
@@ -109,6 +109,9 @@ function CodeMirrorEngine(options) {
 	if(this.widget.editTabIndex) {
 		config["tabindex"] = this.widget.editTabIndex;
 	}
+	if(this.widget.editDir) {
+		config.direction = this.widget.editDir;
+	}
 	// Create the CodeMirror instance
 	this.cm = window.CodeMirror(function(cmDomNode) {
 		// Note that this is a synchronous callback that is called before the constructor returns