Design Right-to-Left Interfaces
Content & UX Writing · internationalization
Updated 2026-07-28
- Some languages read from right to left.
- Do not simply mirror everything.
- Consider:
- Navigation direction.
- Icons.
- Progress indicators.
- Layout hierarchy.
- Some concepts stay unchanged:
- Checkmarks.
- Play buttons.
- Certain symbols.
- RTL support requires understanding, not flipping.
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