---
title: CTWritingDirection
framework: coretext
role: symbol
role_heading: Enumeration
path: coretext/ctwritingdirection
---

# CTWritingDirection

These constants specify the writing direction.

## Declaration

```swift
enum CTWritingDirection
```

## Topics

### Constants

- [CTWritingDirection.natural](coretext/ctwritingdirection/natural.md)
- [CTWritingDirection.leftToRight](coretext/ctwritingdirection/lefttoright.md)
- [CTWritingDirection.rightToLeft](coretext/ctwritingdirection/righttoleft.md)

### Initializers

- [init(rawValue:)](coretext/ctwritingdirection/init(rawvalue:).md)

## Relationships

### Conforms To

- [BitwiseCopyable](swift/bitwisecopyable.md)
- [Equatable](swift/equatable.md)
- [Hashable](swift/hashable.md)
- [RawRepresentable](swift/rawrepresentable.md)
- [Sendable](swift/sendable.md)
- [SendableMetatype](swift/sendablemetatype.md)

## See Also

### Constants

- [CTTextAlignment](coretext/cttextalignment.md)
- [CTLineBreakMode](coretext/ctlinebreakmode.md)
- [CTParagraphStyleSpecifier](coretext/ctparagraphstylespecifier.md)