shadcn/ui components have first-class support for right-to-left (RTL) layouts. Text alignment, positioning, and directional styles automatically adapt for languages like Arabic, Hebrew, and Persian.
When you install components, the CLI automatically transforms physical positioning classes to logical equivalents, so your components work seamlessly in both LTR and RTL contexts.
Get Started
Select your framework to get started with RTL support.
How it works
When you add components with rtl: true set in your components.json, the shadcn CLI automatically transforms classes and props to be RTL compatible:
- Physical positioning classes like
left-*andright-*are converted to logical equivalents likestart-*andend-*. - Directional props are updated to use logical values.
- Text alignment and spacing classes are adjusted accordingly.
- Supported icons are automatically flipped using
rtl:rotate-180.
Try it out
Click the link below to open a Next.js project with RTL support in v0.
Supported Styles
Automatic RTL transformation via the CLI is only available for projects created using shadcn create with the new styles (base-nova, radix-nova, etc.).
For other styles, see the Migration Guide.
Font Recommendations
For the best RTL experience, we recommend using fonts that have proper support for your target language. Noto is a great font family for this and it pairs well with Inter and Geist.
See your framework's RTL guide under Get Started for details on installing and configuring RTL fonts.
Animations
The CLI also handles animation classes, automatically transforming physical directional animations to their logical equivalents. For example, slide-in-from-right becomes slide-in-from-end.
This ensures animations like dropdowns, popovers, and tooltips animate in the correct direction based on the document's text direction.
A note on tw-animate-css:
There is a known issue with the tw-animate-css library where the logical slide utilities are not working as expected. For now, make sure you pass in the dir prop to portal elements.
<Popover>
<PopoverTrigger>Open</PopoverTrigger>
<PopoverContent dir="rtl">
<div>Content</div>
</PopoverContent>
</Popover><Tooltip>
<TooltipTrigger>Open</TooltipTrigger>
<TooltipContent dir="rtl">
<div>Content</div>
</TooltipContent>
</Tooltip>Migrating existing components
If you have existing components installed before enabling RTL, you can migrate them using the CLI as follows:
Run the migrate command
[path] accepts a path or glob pattern to migrate. If you don't provide a path, it will migrate all the files in the ui directory.
Manual Migration (Optional)
The following components are not automatically migrated by the CLI. Follow the RTL support section for each component to manually migrate them.
Migrate Icons
Some icons like ArrowRightIcon or ChevronLeftIcon might need the rtl:rotate-180 class to be flipped correctly. Add the rtl:rotate-180 class to the icon component to flip it correctly.
<ArrowRightIcon className="rtl:rotate-180" />Add direction component
Add the direction component to your project.
Add DirectionProvider
Follow your framework's documentation for details on how to add the DirectionProvider component to your project.
See the Get Started section for details on how to add the DirectionProvider component to your project.