Right-to-Left Support

The DevExtreme Navigation components support right-to-left (RTL) languages. The components can display content in a right-to-left direction and mirror associated UI elements.

To enable RTL language support in the application, you can either set the globalConfig object's rtlEnabled property to true or specify each component's rtlEnabled property individually. Note that individual RTL parameters have higher priority than general parameters.

In this demo, you can use the language drop-down menu (for example, change the language from English to Arabic) to explore the differences between default and RTL modes.

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Backend API

import React from 'react'; import SelectBox from 'devextreme-react/select-box'; import Menu from 'devextreme-react/menu'; import TreeView from 'devextreme-react/tree-view'; import Accordion from 'devextreme-react/accordion'; import { continents, europeCountries, languageLabel } from './data.js'; const languages = [ 'Arabic: Right-to-Left direction', 'English: Left-to-Right direction', ]; function App() { const [rtlEnabled, setRtl] = React.useState(false); const selectLanguage = React.useCallback(({ value }) => { setRtl(value === languages[0]); }, []); return ( <div className={rtlEnabled ? 'dx-rtl' : ''}> <div className="options"> <div className="caption">Options</div> <div className="dx-fieldset"> <div className="dx-field"> <div className="dx-field-label">Language</div> <div className="dx-field-value"> <SelectBox items={languages} inputAttr={languageLabel} defaultValue={languages[1]} onValueChanged={selectLanguage} /> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div className="dx-fieldset"> <div className="dx-fieldset-header"> <Menu dataSource={continents} rtlEnabled={rtlEnabled} displayExpr={rtlEnabled ? 'textAr' : 'text'} /> </div> </div> <div className="dx-fieldset"> <div className="dx-field"> <div className="dx-field-label"> <TreeView width={200} dataSource={continents} displayExpr={rtlEnabled ? 'textAr' : 'text'} rtlEnabled={rtlEnabled} /> </div> <div className="dx-field-value"> <Accordion dataSource={europeCountries} rtlEnabled={rtlEnabled} itemTitleRender={rtlEnabled ? renderArabicTitle : renderEnglishTitle} itemRender={rtlEnabled ? renderArabic : renderEnglish} /> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> ); } function renderArabicTitle(item) { return (<div>{item.nameAr}</div>); } function renderArabic(country) { return ( <div> <div>عاصمة: { country.capitalAr } </div> <div>عدد السكان: { country.population } نسمة</div> <div>المساحة: { country.area } كم<sup>2</sup></div> </div> ); } function renderEnglishTitle(item) { return (<div>{item.nameEn}</div>); } function renderEnglish(country) { return ( <div> <div>Capital: { country.capitalEn } </div> <div>Population: { country.population } people</div> <div>Area: { country.area } km<sup>2</sup></div> </div> ); } export default App;

import React from 'react'; import ReactDOM from 'react-dom'; import App from './App.js'; ReactDOM.render( <App />, document.getElementById('app'), );

<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>DevExtreme Demo</title> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge" /> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="https://cdn3.devexpress.com/jslib/23.1.5/css/dx.light.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="styles.css" /> <script src="https://unpkg.com/core-js@2.6.12/client/shim.min.js"></script> <script src="https://unpkg.com/systemjs@0.21.3/dist/system.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="config.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> System.import("./index.js"); </script> </head> <body class="dx-viewport"> <div class="demo-container"> <div id="app"></div> </div> </body> </html>

sup { font-size: 0.8em; vertical-align: super; line-height: 0; } .options { padding: 20px; background-color: rgba(191, 191, 191, 0.15); margin-bottom: 20px; } .options .dx-fieldset { margin: 0; } .caption { font-size: 18px; font-weight: 500; padding-right: 15px; } .dx-theme-material .dx-accordion .dx-accordion-item-opened .dx-accordion-item-title { padding-top: 20px; }

export const continents = [{ id: '1', text: 'Africa', textAr: 'أفريقيا', items: [ { id: '1_2', text: 'Ethiopia', textAr: 'أثيوبيا', items: [{ id: '1_2_1', text: 'Addis Ababa', textAr: 'أديس أبابا', }, { id: '1_2_2', text: 'Dire Dawa', textAr: 'دير داوا', }], }, { id: '1_1', text: 'Nigeria', textAr: 'نيجيريا', items: [{ id: '1_1_1', text: 'Lagos', textAr: 'لاغوس', }, { id: '1_1_2', text: 'Kano', textAr: 'كانو', }], }, ], }, { id: '2', text: 'Asia', textAr: 'آسيا', items: [{ id: '2_1', text: 'China', textAr: 'الصين', items: [{ id: '2_1_1', text: 'Beijing', textAr: 'بكين', }, { id: '2_1_2', text: 'Shanghai', textAr: 'شنغهاي', }], }, { id: '2_2', text: 'India', textAr: 'الهند', items: [{ id: '2_2_1', text: 'Indianapolis', textAr: 'انديانابوليس', }, { id: '2_2_2', text: 'New Delhi', textAr: 'نيودلهي', }], }], }, { id: '3', text: 'Australia', textAr: 'أستراليا', items: [{ id: '3_1', text: 'Australia', textAr: 'أستراليا', items: [{ id: '3_1_1', text: 'Canberra', textAr: 'كانبيرا', }, { id: '3_1_2', text: 'Melbourne', textAr: 'ملبورن', }, { id: '3_1_3', text: 'Sydney', textAr: 'سيدني', }], }], }, { id: '4', text: 'Europe', textAr: 'أوروبا', items: [{ id: '4_1', text: 'Germany', textAr: 'ألمانيا', items: [{ id: '4_1_1', text: 'Berlin', textAr: 'البرلينية', }, { id: '4_1_2', text: 'Hamburg', textAr: 'هامبورغ', }], }, { id: '4_2', text: 'Russia', textAr: 'روسيا', items: [{ id: '4_2_1', text: 'Moscow', textAr: 'موسكو', }, { id: '4_2_2', text: 'Saint Petersburg', textAr: 'سانت بطرسبرغ', }], }], }, { id: '5', text: 'North America', textAr: 'أمريكا الشمالية', items: [{ id: '5_2', text: 'Mexico', textAr: 'المكسيك', items: [{ id: '5_2_1', text: 'Mexico City', textAr: 'مكسيكو سيتي', }, { id: '5_2_2', text: 'Guadalajara', textAr: 'غوادالاخارا', }], }, { id: '5_1', text: 'United States', textAr: 'الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية', items: [{ id: '5_1_1', text: 'New York', textAr: 'نيويورك', }, { id: '5_1_2', text: 'Washington', textAr: 'واشنطن', }], }], }, { id: '6', text: 'South America', textAr: 'أمريكا الجنوبية', items: [{ id: '6_1', text: 'Brazil', textAr: 'البرازيل', items: [{ id: '6_1_1', text: 'Brasilia', textAr: 'برازيليا', }, { id: '6_1_2', text: 'Sao Paulo', textAr: 'ساو باولو', }], }, { id: '6_2', text: 'Colombia', textAr: 'كولومبيا', items: [{ id: '6_2_1', text: 'Bogota', textAr: 'بوغوتا', }, { id: '6_2_2', text: 'Medellin', textAr: 'ميديلين', }], }], }]; export const europeCountries = [{ nameAr: 'النمسا', nameEn: 'Austria', population: 8451900, area: 83855.0, capitalEn: 'Vienna', capitalAr: 'فيينا', }, { nameAr: 'بلجيكا', nameEn: 'Belgium', population: 11161600, area: 30528.0, capitalEn: 'Brussels', capitalAr: 'بروكسل', }, { nameAr: 'بلغاريا', nameEn: 'Bulgaria', population: 7284600, area: 110994.0, capitalEn: 'Sofia', capitalAr: 'صوفيا', }, { nameAr: 'كرواتيا', nameEn: 'Croatia', population: 4262100, area: 56594.0, capitalEn: 'Zagreb', capitalAr: 'زغرب', }]; export const languageLabel = { 'aria-label': 'Language' };