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LayoutDirection

A direction in which SwiftUI can lay out content.

Declaration

enum LayoutDirection

Overview

SwiftUI supports both left-to-right and right-to-left directions for laying out content to support different languages and locales. The system sets the value based on the user’s locale, but you can also use the environment(_:_:) modifier to override the direction for a view and its child views:

MyView()
    .environment(\.layoutDirection, .rightToLeft)

You can also read the layoutDirection environment value to find out which direction applies to a particular environment. However, in many cases, you don’t need to take any action based on this value. SwiftUI horizontally flips the x position of each view within its parent, so layout calculations automatically produce the desired effect for both modes without any changes.

Topics

Getting layout directions

Creating a layout direction

See Also

Setting a layout direction