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# UITextStorageDirection

The direction of text storage.

```
enum UITextStorageDirection
```

## Overview

Constants of this type are used as arguments to the [`baseWritingDirection(for:in:)`](/documentation/UIKit/UITextInput/baseWritingDirection(for:in:)) and [`textStyling(at:in:)`](/documentation/UIKit/UITextInput/textStyling(at:in:)) methods.

## Topics

### Constants

[`UITextStorageDirection.forward`](/documentation/UIKit/UITextStorageDirection/forward)

Storage of the text in a forward direction.

[`UITextStorageDirection.backward`](/documentation/UIKit/UITextStorageDirection/backward)

Storage of the text in a backward direction.


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