TermCraft conventionFoundational
Right-to-Left (RTL)
Languages like Arabic and Hebrew, where everything flips.
Definition
Writing systems that run right to left, requiring the interface layout to mirror.
Craft convention. True because the industry converged on it. Breaking it costs familiarity, not correctness.
In plain language
Languages like Arabic and Hebrew, where everything flips.
Example
Using margin-inline-start rather than margin-left so layouts mirror automatically.
Continue from here
Each link says what the connection is, so you can tell a principle from an alternative from a thing people mix this up with.
Deeper reading
The full entry behind this definition.
- AlignmentUI foundation
- Spacing SystemsUI foundation
- InternationalizationUX writing
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Adjacent territory, found through shared tags rather than a stated link.