---
title: layoutDirection
framework: uikit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: uikit/uimutabletraits-13ja5/layoutdirection
---

# layoutDirection

The layout direction associated with the current environment.

## Declaration

```swift
var layoutDirection: UITraitEnvironmentLayoutDirection { get set }
```

## Discussion

Discussion Use this trait to determine whether the underlying environment uses a left-to-right or right-to-left orientation.

## See Also

### Getting and setting trait values

- [accessibilityContrast](uikit/uimutabletraits-13ja5/accessibilitycontrast.md)
- [activeAppearance](uikit/uimutabletraits-13ja5/activeappearance.md)
- [displayGamut](uikit/uimutabletraits-13ja5/displaygamut.md)
- [displayScale](uikit/uimutabletraits-13ja5/displayscale.md)
- [forceTouchCapability](uikit/uimutabletraits-13ja5/forcetouchcapability.md)
- [headroomUsageLimit](uikit/uimutabletraits-13ja5/headroomusagelimit.md)
- [horizontalSizeClass](uikit/uimutabletraits-13ja5/horizontalsizeclass.md)
- [imageDynamicRange](uikit/uimutabletraits-13ja5/imagedynamicrange.md)
- [legibilityWeight](uikit/uimutabletraits-13ja5/legibilityweight.md)
- [listEnvironment](uikit/uimutabletraits-13ja5/listenvironment.md)
- [preferredContentSizeCategory](uikit/uimutabletraits-13ja5/preferredcontentsizecategory.md)
- [resolvesNaturalAlignmentWithBaseWritingDirection](uikit/uimutabletraits-13ja5/resolvesnaturalalignmentwithbasewritingdirection.md)
- [sceneCaptureState](uikit/uimutabletraits-13ja5/scenecapturestate.md)
- [splitViewControllerLayoutEnvironment](uikit/uimutabletraits-13ja5/splitviewcontrollerlayoutenvironment.md)
- [tabAccessoryEnvironment](uikit/uimutabletraits-13ja5/tabaccessoryenvironment.md)