Right-To-Left support in Syncfusion® JavaScript Controls

7 May 20253 minutes to read

Right-to-Left (RTL) support allows applications to effectively communicate with users who use languages that are written from right to left, such as Arabic, Hebrew, etc.

Syncfusion® JavaScript (ES5) controls support for right-to-left (RTL) by setting the enableRtl property to true. This adds the class name e-rtl to the control element and renders all Syncfusion® JavaScript controls in a right-to-left direction.

Enable RTL for all controls

To enable Right-To-Left (RTL) support for all controls, users can set the enableRtl property directly in their application. Here is an example code snippet using the ListView control:

// Enables Right to left alignment for all controls
ej.base.enableRtl(true);

var rtlListObj = new ej.lists.ListView({
    dataSource: data,
    headerTitle: 'کاریں',
    showHeader: true,
    height: '350px'
    });
rtlListObj.appendTo('#listview');
<!DOCTYPE html><html><head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/29.2.4/ej2-lists/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    
    
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/29.2.4/dist/ej2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="es5-datasource.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/syncfusion-helper.js" type ="text/javascript"></script>
</head>

<body>
    
    <div id="container">
        <div id="listview"></div>
    </div>


<script>
var ele = document.getElementById('container');
if(ele) {
  ele.style.visibility = "visible";
}   
      </script>
<script src="index.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</body></html>

Enable RTL for an individual control

To enable Right-To-Left (RTL) support for an individual control, users can set the enableRtl property in the control’s options. Here is an example code snippet using the ListView control:

var rtlListObj = new ej.lists.ListView({
    dataSource: data,
    enableRtl: true,
    headerTitle: 'کاریں',
    showHeader: true,
    height: '350px'
    });
rtlListObj.appendTo('#listview');
<!DOCTYPE html><html><head>
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/29.2.4/ej2-lists/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet">
    
    
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/29.2.4/dist/ej2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="es5-datasource.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/syncfusion-helper.js" type ="text/javascript"></script>
</head>

<body>
    
    <div id="container">
        <div id="listview"></div>
    </div>


<script>
var ele = document.getElementById('container');
if(ele) {
  ele.style.visibility = "visible";
}   
      </script>
<script src="index.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</body></html>