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# AXChartDescriptor.ContentDirection

A constant that describes the content direction of the chart.

```
enum ContentDirection
```

## Overview

Use content direction to specify the direction of the x-axis, which the audio graph
represents as time. For example, a bar chart might have a content direction of [`AXChartDescriptor.ContentDirection.leftToRight`](/documentation/Accessibility/AXChartDescriptor/ContentDirection-swift.enum/leftToRight),
and a pie chart might have a content direction of [`AXChartDescriptor.ContentDirection.radialClockwise`](/documentation/Accessibility/AXChartDescriptor/ContentDirection-swift.enum/radialClockwise).

## Topics

### Content directions

[`AXChartContentDirectionLeftToRight`](/documentation/Accessibility/AXChartDescriptor/ContentDirection-swift.enum/leftToRight)

A content direction with an x-axis that increases from left to right.

[`AXChartContentDirectionRightToLeft`](/documentation/Accessibility/AXChartDescriptor/ContentDirection-swift.enum/rightToLeft)

A content direction with an x-axis that increases from right to left.

[`AXChartContentDirectionBottomToTop`](/documentation/Accessibility/AXChartDescriptor/ContentDirection-swift.enum/bottomToTop)

A content direction with an x-axis that increases from bottom to top.

[`AXChartContentDirectionTopToBottom`](/documentation/Accessibility/AXChartDescriptor/ContentDirection-swift.enum/topToBottom)

A content direction with an x-axis that increases from top to bottom.

[`AXChartContentDirectionRadialClockwise`](/documentation/Accessibility/AXChartDescriptor/ContentDirection-swift.enum/radialClockwise)

A content direction with a radial x-axis that increases clockwise.

[`AXChartContentDirectionRadialCounterClockwise`](/documentation/Accessibility/AXChartDescriptor/ContentDirection-swift.enum/radialCounterClockwise)

A content direction with a radial x-axis that increases counterclockwise.

## Relationships

### Conforms To

[`Equatable`](/documentation/Swift/Equatable)

[`SendableMetatype`](/documentation/Swift/SendableMetatype)

[`Sendable`](/documentation/Swift/Sendable)

[`BitwiseCopyable`](/documentation/Swift/BitwiseCopyable)

[`Hashable`](/documentation/Swift/Hashable)

[`RawRepresentable`](/documentation/Swift/RawRepresentable)

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