# Handling Right-to-Left Layouts

Learn how to implement right-to-left layouts in your applications with the Spread component from Developer's dcumentation.

## Content

The Spread component can support right-to-left layouts. Right-to-left features support applications where the language is written from right to left, such as Hebrew, Arabic, or Farsi, so the user interface would be displayed naturally with right-to-left orientation.
Most of the right-to-left functionality for the Spread component is inherited from the underlying .NET framework, but there are a few properties that can be set to instruct Spread to display the layout right-to-left. Currently these aspects of the layout are changed with the right to left support:

* cell editing
* column resizing on right instead of left
* direction attribute in HTML export
* filter and sort indicators
* order of columns
* popup and sticky notes and cell note indicators
* scroll bars
* shapes
* sheet corners
* sheet name tabs
* viewport columns

The members that are used with right-to-left support include:

| **Member** | **Description** |
| ------ | ----------- |
| [RightToLeft](/spreadnet/api/latest/online-win/FarPoint.Win.Spread/FarPoint.Win.Spread.Appearance.RightToLeft.html) property | Gets or sets whether the object should paint right to left |
| [OnRightToLeftChanged](/spreadnet/api/latest/online-win/FarPoint.Win.Spread/FarPoint.Win.Spread.FpSpread.OnRightToLeftChanged.html) method | Raises the RightToLeft event in the Microsoft.NET Framework |
| SpreadActions | These actions are added: <ul><li>[ExtendToNextColumnVisual](/spreadnet/api/latest/online-win/FarPoint.Win.Spread/FarPoint.Win.Spread.SpreadActions.ExtendToNextColumnVisual.html)</li><li>[ExtendToPreviousColumnVisual](/spreadnet/api/latest/online-win/FarPoint.Win.Spread/FarPoint.Win.Spread.SpreadActions.ExtendToPreviousColumnVisual.html)</li><li>[MoveToNextColumnVisual](/spreadnet/api/latest/online-win/FarPoint.Win.Spread/FarPoint.Win.Spread.SpreadActions.MoveToNextColumnVisual.html)</li><li>[MoveToPreviousColumnVisual](/spreadnet/api/latest/online-win/FarPoint.Win.Spread/FarPoint.Win.Spread.SpreadActions.MoveToPreviousColumnVisual.html)</li><li>[ScrollToNextColumnVisual](/spreadnet/api/latest/online-win/FarPoint.Win.Spread/FarPoint.Win.Spread.SpreadActions.ScrollToNextColumnVisual.html)</li><li>[ScrollToPreviousColumnVisual](/spreadnet/api/latest/online-win/FarPoint.Win.Spread/FarPoint.Win.Spread.SpreadActions.ScrollToPreviousColumnVisual.html)</li></ul> |

## See Also

[Customizing the Sheet Appearance](/spreadnet/docs/latest/online-win/overview/spwin-devguide/spwin-setappearance)
[Customizing the Dimensions of the Component](/spreadnet/docs/latest/online-win/overview/spwin-devguide/spwin-setappearance/spwin-appearcontroldims)
[Customizing the Individual Sheet Appearance](/spreadnet/docs/latest/online-win/overview/spwin-devguide/spwin-setappearance/spwin-appearsheet)
[Customizing the Appearance of a Cell](/spreadnet/docs/latest/online-win/overview/spwin-devguide/spwin-setappearance/spwin-appearcell)
[Customizing the Overall Component Appearance](/spreadnet/docs/latest/online-win/overview/spwin-devguide/spwin-setappearance/spwin-appearcontrol)
[Creating and Applying a Style for Cells](/spreadnet/docs/latest/online-win/overview/spwin-devguide/spwin-setappearance/spwin-cellstyle)
[Using Conditional Formatting of Cells](/spreadnet/docs/latest/online-win/overview/spwin-devguide/spwin-setappearance/spwin-interact-condition)
[Customizing the Display of the Pointer](/spreadnet/docs/latest/online-win/overview/spwin-devguide/spwin-setappearance/spwin-cntrlcursor)
[Customizing the User Interface Images](/spreadnet/docs/latest/online-win/overview/spwin-devguide/spwin-setappearance/spwin-userimages)
[Using XP Themes with the Component](/spreadnet/docs/latest/online-win/overview/spwin-devguide/spwin-setappearance/spwin-appearxptheme)
[Customizing the Renderers](/spreadnet/docs/latest/online-win/overview/spwin-devguide/spwin-setappearance/spwin-rendcustom)
[Customizing Painting of Parts of the Component](/spreadnet/docs/latest/online-win/overview/spwin-devguide/spwin-setappearance/spwin-appear-painting)
[Text Rendering with GDI](/spreadnet/docs/latest/online-win/overview/spwin-devguide/spwin-setappearance/spwin-feattextrender)
[Applying Theme to Customize the Appearance](/spreadnet/docs/latest/online-win/overview/spwin-devguide/spwin-setappearance/spwin-spreadthemeapply)