> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://modutheme.gitbook.io/helix/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://modutheme.gitbook.io/helix/features/right-to-left-languages.md).

# Right-to-left languages

Sell in Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, Urdu, and other right-to-left languages. When a customer views your store in one of these languages, Helix mirrors the whole layout so it reads naturally from right to left.

## What changes

* Text, menus, and page layouts start from the right.
* Drawers — cart, search, filters, the mobile menu, and the chat drawer — slide in from the other side.
* Arrows, dropdowns, carousels, and pagination point and move the right way.

Customers viewing the same store in a left-to-right language keep the normal layout. The extra right-to-left styles only load for right-to-left languages.

{% hint style="info" %}
Settings that name a screen position stay where you put them. A [Custom popup](/helix/overlay-group/custom-popup.md) set to **Bottom right** stays at the bottom right, so it still avoids whatever you placed it to avoid.
{% endhint %}

## How to turn it on

There is no theme setting — the layout follows the language the customer is viewing.

{% hint style="success" %}

1. Add and publish a right-to-left language for your store.
2. Translate the theme into that language with the Translate & Adapt app.
3. Add a language selector so customers can switch.
   {% endhint %}

The [How to translate your theme](/helix/how-to-guides/how-to-translate-the-theme.md) guide walks through each step.

{% hint style="warning" %}
Helix does not include ready-made translations for right-to-left languages. Until you translate the theme, customers see its wording in your default language, laid out right to left.
{% endhint %}

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