Layout Direction

Layout direction specifies the direction in which children and text in a hierarchy should be laid out. Layout direction also effects what edge start and end refer to. By default Yoga lays out with left-to-right (LTR) layout direction. In this mode start refers to left and end refers to right. When localizing your apps for markets with right-to-left (RTL) languages you should customize this by either by passing a direction to the CalculateLayout call or by setting the direction on the root node.

LTR (default): Text and children and laid out from left to right. Styles applied the start of an element are applied on the left side.

RTL: Text and children and laid out from right to left. Styles applied the start of an element are applied on the right side.

<Layout config={{useWebDefaults: false}}>
  <Node
    style={{
      width: 200,
      height: 200,
      padding: 10,
      direction: 'ltr',
    }}>
    <Node style={{margin: 5, height: 50, width: 50}} />
    <Node style={{margin: 5, height: 50, width: 50}} />
  </Node>
</Layout>