Layout-Flow

layout-flow Support Key: [*IE5.5*]	Other International Properties
	unicode-bidi direction ruby-align ruby-overhang ruby-position line-break word-break writing-mode	ime-mode text-justify text-autospace text-kashida-space layout-grid layout-grid-mode layout-grid-type layout-grid-line layout-grid-char layout-grid-char-spacing
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What is it?: This property controls the direction and flow of the content in an element. Its use is deprecated in favor of the 'writing-mode' property which accomplishes the same purpose.

Allowed Values
horizontal
[IE5.5]: Type: Explicit; Description:
Character glyphs flow one after another from the source content from left to right, starting from the top of the element's rendering box. When a new line is started, it starts below the previous line at the left-hand side of the element's rendering box. This is the layout mode used in most Roman-based documents.
vertical-ideographic
[IE5.5]: Type: Explicit; Description:
Character glyphs flow one after another from the source content from top to bottom, starting from the right side of the element's rendering box. When a new line is started, it starts to the left of the previous line at the top side of the element's rendering box. Full-width characters are rendered with their top on the same side as the top of the rendering box, and half-width characters (select kana glyphs and western characters) are rendered rotated 90 degrees clockwise to the original rendering box's orientation. This layout mode is used in East Asian typography.

Example: Ext/Doc: div { layout-flow: vertical-ideographic; }; In-Line: <div STYLE="layout-flow: vertical-ideographic">Content rendered vertically</div>

Browser Peculiarities

The IE online reference mentions that the use of this property is deprecated in favor of the 'writing-mode' property. These properties seem to do mostly the same thing, and were introduced at the same time - I wonder why the duplication exists.