-moz-column doesn't work correctly with rtl direction

Question

I have a div container with fixed height , fixed width and overflow hidden I need to display text in 4 columns

The problem is :
with direction 'rtl' , firefox display the latest 4 columns and hide the rest but I want to display the first 4 columns and hide the rest which is done by switching the direction to 'ltr' but it's arabic content and it have to be done using 'rtl' direction

any help , please!!
and sorry if I couldn't discuss the issue clearly

<div class="article">Arabic Content here</div>

.article {
-moz-column-count: 4;
-moz-column-gap: 10px;
-moz-column-width: 40px;
height: 171px;
width: 500px;
overflow: hidden;
text-align: justify;
}

Answer 1

Old question but:

This is a firefox bug - if you try using -webkit-column-count: 4; combined with direction:rtl and overflow:hidden you get your desired result in webkit browsers.

You will have to wait until a fix goes in (currently in FF 6.0.2 it's still bugged).