# RTL

> Display your survey right to left for Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, and other RTL languages by setting the text direction in your theme.

Source: https://getmetasurvey.com/help/rtl/

Show your survey right to left so it reads naturally for Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, Urdu, Kurdish, and other RTL languages. The direction is a theme setting, so one change applies to every survey using that theme.

## Set the Text Direction:

1. Open your survey and click **Themes** in the left sidebar.

1. Select the theme you want to change.

1. In the **Text** section, find **Text direction** and choose **Right to left**.

![Text direction](https://getmetasurvey.com/help/rtl/i4OGpq48SmVemJrHuLgV6acGE1.webp)(width: 1520, height: 856)

1. Click **Publish** to apply changes.

*Note:* Default themes can’t be edited. Duplicate a default theme first, then set the direction on your copy.

## What Changes:

- Questions, answer options, and system messages are aligned to the right.
- Sliders, rating scales, NPS and progress bars are mirrored.
- The **swipe** question keeps its answer buttons in their usual order, so the gesture stays the same.

## Translate the Survey Text:

The text direction only changes the layout. To translate questions, answer options, and system messages, see [Translations](https://getmetasurvey.com/help/translations/).