You can control the generation of CSS for right-to-left languages using a variety of methods.

Base system portals besides Service Portal (/sp) and custom portals might need additional CSS customization to mirror the direction of a portal for right-to-left languages completely.

Custom widgets might need some manual conversion for right-to-left languages.
  • For inline styles in a widget's HTML template, move these styles to the widget's CSS so they’ll be automatically converted.
  • For internal styles in a widget's HTML template, you can use the [dir=”rtl”] attribute selector or .rtl class selector to provide CSS that is specific to right-to-left languages.
  • To include CSS that is specific to right-to-left languages, you can call the isRTLEnabled() method in the GlideSPScriptable - Scoped class in a widget’s server script or use the g_portal_isrtl global flag in the widget’s client script.

Also, in the theme, page, widget, or widget instance CSS, you can add right-to-left directives to CSS properties only using a Sass interpolation string (#{""}).

Table 1. CSS directives for right-to-left languages
Right-to-left CSS directiveDescription
/*rtl:ignore*/ Ignores the property when converting portal CSS for right-to-left languages.
/*rtl:prepend:10px*/ Adds a value to the beginning of the property value for right-to-left languages. This example prepends 10px.
/*rtl:append:3rem*/ Adds a value to the end of the property value for right-to-left languages. This example appends 3rem.
/*rtl:replace:30px*/ or /*rtl:30px*/ Replaces the property value with the specified value for right-to-left languages. This example replaces the property value with 30px.
/*rtl:insert:25px*/ Inserts the specified value in place of the directive for right-to-left languages. This example inserts 25px.

Example: Ignore the transform property in the converted right-to-left CSS

.fl {
transform: rotate(45deg) translateY(5px) #{"/*rtl:ignore*/"};
}