---
title: NSWritingDirection
framework: uikit
role: symbol
role_heading: Enumeration
path: uikit/nswritingdirection
---

# NSWritingDirection

Constants that specify the writing direction.

## Declaration

```swift
enum NSWritingDirection
```

## Topics

### Constants

- [NSWritingDirection.natural](uikit/nswritingdirection/natural.md)
- [NSWritingDirection.leftToRight](uikit/nswritingdirection/lefttoright.md)
- [NSWritingDirection.rightToLeft](uikit/nswritingdirection/righttoleft.md)

### Initializers

- [init(rawValue:)](uikit/nswritingdirection/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

### Determining writing direction

- [defaultWritingDirection(forLanguage:)](uikit/nsparagraphstyle/defaultwritingdirection(forlanguage:).md)
- [baseWritingDirection](uikit/nsparagraphstyle/basewritingdirection.md)