 is introduced, which provides a default. Thus, for
instance, a <a href="../dart-html/Text-class.html">Text</a> widget in the scope of a <code>MaterialApp</code> widget does not
need to be given an explicit writing direction. The <code>Directionality.of</code>
static method can be used to obtain the ambient text direction for a
particular <code>BuildContext</code>.</p>
<h3 id="known-left-to-right-biases-in-flutter">Known left-to-right biases in Flutter</h3>
<p>Despite the design intent described above, cert