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# Text.WritingDirectionStrategy

The way SwiftUI infers the appropriate writing direction if no value
is explicitly provided.

```
struct WritingDirectionStrategy
```

## Topics

### Type Properties

[`static let contentBased: Text.WritingDirectionStrategy`](/documentation/SwiftUI/Text/WritingDirectionStrategy/contentBased)

The writing direction following the language of the string that
is laid out.

[`static let `default`: Text.WritingDirectionStrategy`](/documentation/SwiftUI/Text/WritingDirectionStrategy/default)

The default strategy is [`contentBased`](/documentation/SwiftUI/Text/WritingDirectionStrategy/contentBased).

[`static let layoutBased: Text.WritingDirectionStrategy`](/documentation/SwiftUI/Text/WritingDirectionStrategy/layoutBased)

The writing direction following the general UI layout direction.

## Relationships

### Conforms To

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

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

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

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

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