textDirection

Type

property

Summary

Specifies whether the field should lay out its contents in a left-to-right or right-to-left manner.

Syntax

set the textDirection of field to <direction>

Description

Use the textDirection property of a field to specify how the contents of a field should be laid out.

The textDirection property of a field species how the contents of a field should be laid out.

The "ltr" direction specifies that the contents of the field are to be laid out in a left-to-right manner. Tabs and lines start at the left-hand side. Runs of RTL text will still be arranged correctly but will be aligned to the left.

The "rtl" direction specifies that the contents of the field are to be laid out in a right-to-left manner. Tabs and lines start at the right-hand side. Runs of LTR text will still be arranged correctly but will be aligned to the right.

Setting the textDirection property to auto indicates that the engine should auto-detect LTR or RTL behaviour based on the contents of the field. To do this, it looks for the first strongly-directional character in the field (e.g a Latin letter or an Arabic letter).

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
direction	enum	The direction to be used to lay out the contents of a field

Examples

set the textDirection of field "name input" to "rtl"

Related

property: cursorMovement

Compatibility and Support

Introduced

LiveCode 7.0

OS

mac

windows

linux

ios

android

Platforms

desktop

server

mobile