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Direction

A scoped native direction boundary aligned with Base UI behavior.

Install editable source

Add Direction

Base UI / canonicalnpx shadcn@latest add https://gummyui.dev/r/gummy-direction.json
Radix UI counterpartnpx shadcn@latest add https://gummyui.dev/r/gummy-radix-direction.json

Canonical dependency: @base-ui/react. Radix counterpart: @radix-ui/react-direction. Registry dependencies are resolved automatically.

Behavior contract

Semantics before surface

Semantics

A div dir attribute wraps Base UI Direction Provider.

Keyboard

Horizontal component keys follow the scoped reading direction.

System support

Light and dark themes, logical RTL layout, reduced motion, responsive content, and forwarded public refs.

Source-derived reference

Anatomy and public API

Exported anatomy

These public React parts are read directly from the canonical source during the documentation build.

  • GummyDirection

Prop contracts

GummyDirectionProps

Composes React.HTMLAttributes<HTMLDivElement> & { direction: "ltr" | "rtl"; }

Troubleshooting

Check behavior before surface.

Live product source

Inspect the canonical states

The Component Lab exercises real source across default, focus, disabled, responsive, dark, reduced-motion, and RTL contexts.

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Interactive inspection

Try Direction in context

Resize the canvas, switch its theme, or reverse its reading direction without changing the rest of the page.

Width
Theme
Direction

مساحة العمل

تتبع المحاذاة والحواف اتجاه القراءة.

Direction preview: fluid width, light theme, left to right.

Radix UI counterpart

Try Direction with Radix UI

This is the real separately installable Radix source using the same Gummy material and behavior contract.

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Editable source

Read before you install

Canonical Base UI or native source

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