LTR (Left To Right)

LTR (Left To Right) is a {{Glossary("locale")}} property indicating that text is written from left to right. For example, the en-US locale (for US English) specifies left-to-right.

Most Western languages, as well as many others around the world, are written LTR.

The opposite of LTR, {{Glossary("RTL")}} (Right To Left) is used in other common languages, including Arabic (ar) and Hebrew (he).

See also

• Related glossary terms:
  • {{Glossary("Locale")}}
  • {{Glossary("Localization")}}
  • {{Glossary("RTL")}}
  • {{Glossary("BiDi")}}
• HTML global attributes
  • dir
  • lang
• CSS
  • {{cssxref(":dir")}}
  • {{cssxref("direction")}}
  • {{cssxref("unicode-bidi")}}
  • {{cssxref("writing-mode")}}