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Tell about multilingualism and RTL layout. How to make indents that work correctly for LTR and RTL?

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Multilingualism is the support of multiple languages in an application, including proper display of text, dates, numbers, and interface. RTL (Right-To-Left) layout is needed for languages with right-to-left scripts, such as Arabic or Hebrew.

To correctly handle spacing and positioning in LTR and RTL, CSS properties that consider text direction are used:

Instead of margin-left and margin-right, margin-inline-start and margin-inline-end are used. These properties automatically switch sides depending on the text direction.
Similarly for paddings: padding-inline-start and padding-inline-end.
For positioning, inset-inline-start and inset-inline-end can be used.

Example:

.element {
  margin-inline-start: 10px; /* left in LTR, right in RTL */
  margin-inline-end: 20px;   /* right in LTR, left in RTL */
}

It is also important to set the dir="rtl" or dir="ltr" attribute on the root element or in HTML so that the browser understands the text direction and applies these properties correctly.

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