---
title: baseWritingDirection
framework: uikit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: uikit/nsmutableparagraphstyle/basewritingdirection
---

# baseWritingDirection

The base writing direction for the paragraph.

## Declaration

```swift
var baseWritingDirection: NSWritingDirection { get set }
```

## Discussion

Discussion If you specify NSWritingDirection.natural, the receiver resolves the writing direction to either NSWritingDirection.leftToRight or NSWritingDirection.rightToLeft, depending on the direction for the user’s language preference setting.

## See Also

### Setting style information

- [setParagraphStyle(_:)](uikit/nsmutableparagraphstyle/setparagraphstyle(_:).md)
- [alignment](uikit/nsmutableparagraphstyle/alignment.md)
- [firstLineHeadIndent](uikit/nsmutableparagraphstyle/firstlineheadindent.md)
- [headIndent](uikit/nsmutableparagraphstyle/headindent.md)
- [tailIndent](uikit/nsmutableparagraphstyle/tailindent.md)
- [lineHeightMultiple](uikit/nsmutableparagraphstyle/lineheightmultiple.md)
- [maximumLineHeight](uikit/nsmutableparagraphstyle/maximumlineheight.md)
- [minimumLineHeight](uikit/nsmutableparagraphstyle/minimumlineheight.md)
- [lineSpacing](uikit/nsmutableparagraphstyle/linespacing.md)
- [paragraphSpacing](uikit/nsmutableparagraphstyle/paragraphspacing.md)
- [paragraphSpacingBefore](uikit/nsmutableparagraphstyle/paragraphspacingbefore.md)