From 0ca44f3001853cbfc73297b218a34aa165aca52f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Emil=20Sj=C3=B6lander?= Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2018 03:47:09 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Document layout direction Reviewed By: priteshrnandgaonkar Differential Revision: D7000393 fbshipit-source-id: 2e5ae6a3fb69386920655bdfeee71a11f1775c2a --- website/contents/properties/layout-direction.md | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) diff --git a/website/contents/properties/layout-direction.md b/website/contents/properties/layout-direction.md index 52d7e2a9..e9d6f8e9 100644 --- a/website/contents/properties/layout-direction.md +++ b/website/contents/properties/layout-direction.md @@ -6,4 +6,18 @@ hasPlayground: true ## 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 `LTR` +layout direction. In this mode `start` refers to `left` and `end` +refers to `right`. When localizing your apps for markets with 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 our from left to right. Margin and +padding applied the start of an element are applied on the left side. + +**RTL (DEFAULT)** Text and children and laid our from right to left. Margin and +padding applied the start of an element are applied on the right side. +