RTL in p:dataTable

[anil]

I am trying to display Arabic characters in right-to-left direction in a p:dataTable using h:outputText, but unsuccessful. Anyone have bidirectional text working successfully in a datatable?

Primefaces - 3.0-M2
JSF: RI-2.1.1-b04

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<p:dataTable value="#{bean.list}" var="item" binding="#{bean.table}">
	<p:column>
		<f:facet name="header">
			<h:outputText value="Header"></h:outputText>
		</f:facet>
		<h:outputText value="#{item.text}"  dir="rtl" />
	</p:column>
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</p:dataTable>

Edited to show dir="rtl" which doesn't work either.

[smallya]

try the "dir" attribute and not style.

<h:outputText value="#{item.text}" dir="rtl" />

[anil]

Yes, that was the first thing I tried.

The style was just one of my various trials.

[smallya]

Using dir attribute works just fine for me. I did do some testing for certain areas of my application to test for bi-di