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# UITraitEnvironmentLayoutDirection

Constants that indicate the layout direction associated with the current environment.

```
enum UITraitEnvironmentLayoutDirection
```

## Topics

### Constants

[`UITraitEnvironmentLayoutDirection.unspecified`](/documentation/UIKit/UITraitEnvironmentLayoutDirection/unspecified)

An unknown layout direction.

[`UITraitEnvironmentLayoutDirection.leftToRight`](/documentation/UIKit/UITraitEnvironmentLayoutDirection/leftToRight)

A left-to-right layout direction.

[`UITraitEnvironmentLayoutDirection.rightToLeft`](/documentation/UIKit/UITraitEnvironmentLayoutDirection/rightToLeft)

A right-to-left layout direction.

### Initializers

[`init(_:)`](/documentation/UIKit/UITraitEnvironmentLayoutDirection/init(_:))

Creates a trait environment layout direction from the specified SwiftUI layout direction.


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