rtl-detect

rtl-detect

This library will help you to detect if the locale is right-to-left language or not.

Usage

require rtl-detect lib

var rtlDetect = require('rtl-detect');

isRtlLang

This function will check if the locale is right-to-left language or not.

Examples:

var isRtl = rtlDetect.isRtlLang('ar-JO');
// isRtl will be true

var isRtl = rtlDetect.isRtlLang('ar_JO');
// isRtl will be true

var isRtl = rtlDetect.isRtlLang('ar');
// isRtl will be true

var isRtl = rtlDetect.isRtlLang('en-US');
// isRtl will be false

getLangDir

This function will get language direction for the locale.

Examples:

var langDir = rtlDetect.getLangDir('ar-JO');
// langDir will be 'rtl'

var langDir = rtlDetect.getLangDir('ar_JO');
// langDir will be 'rtl'

var langDir = rtlDetect.getLangDir('ar');
// langDir will be 'rtl'

var langDir = rtlDetect.getLangDir('en-US');
// langDir will be 'ltr'

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