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LanguageLayoutDirection Enum

Definition

Defines constants that specify the content layout direction (for text and UI elements) most appropriate for a language.

public enum class LanguageLayoutDirection
/// [Windows.Foundation.Metadata.ContractVersion(Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract, 393216)]
enum class LanguageLayoutDirection
[Windows.Foundation.Metadata.ContractVersion(typeof(Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract), 393216)]
public enum LanguageLayoutDirection
var value = Windows.Globalization.LanguageLayoutDirection.ltr
Public Enum LanguageLayoutDirection
Inheritance
LanguageLayoutDirection
Attributes

Windows requirements

Requirements Description
Device family
Windows 10, version 1803 (introduced in 10.0.17134.0)
API contract
Windows.Foundation.UniversalApiContract (introduced in v6.0)

Fields

Name Value Description
Ltr 0

Indicates a content layout direction of left to right.

Rtl 1

Indicates a content layout direction of right to left (for example, for Arabic or other RTL languages).

TtbLtr 2

Indicates a content layout direction that flows from the top to the bottom of the page; the first top-to-bottom column of content is on the left, and columns are added from left to right.

TtbRtl 3

Indicates a content layout direction that flows from the top to the bottom of the page; the first top-to-bottom column of content is on the right, and columns are added from right to left.

Applies to