---
title: developmentLayoutDirection
framework: uikit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: uikit/uicollectionviewlayout/developmentlayoutdirection
---

# developmentLayoutDirection

The direction of the language you used when designing your custom layout.

## Declaration

```swift
var developmentLayoutDirection: UIUserInterfaceLayoutDirection { get }
```

## Discussion

Discussion The default value of this property is the layout direction used by the language associated with the main bundle’s development region. Subclasses may override this property and return a different value.

## See Also

### Supporting right-to-left layouts

- [flipsHorizontallyInOppositeLayoutDirection](uikit/uicollectionviewlayout/flipshorizontallyinoppositelayoutdirection.md)