# Why is RTL class user dependent instead of locale?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-is-rtl-class-user-dependent-instead-of-locale/54077>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [11. Dezember 2016 um 03:04 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-is-rtl-class-user-dependent-instead-of-locale/54077 "2016-12-11T03:04:10Z")\
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It looks like `locale` is simply a string, not an object. Hence we can’t attach properties to it. However, there are other ways to specify the direction. One is to add a `direction` or `rtl?` attribute in the `config/locales/names.yml` file. Another possibility is to define `rtl?` method in a place from where it can be called from any part of the application.

> <https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/main/config/locales/names.yml>

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