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# TMenu.UseRightToLeftReading

Indicates if right-to-left reading is used for the menu.

## Declaration

Source position: menus.pp line 417

`public function TMenu.UseRightToLeftReading: Boolean; virtual;`

## Function result

True if Right-to-Left reading is used for the text on the menu.

## Description

UseRightToLeftReading is a Boolean function which indicates if the menu uses Right-to-Left reading for its values. UseRightToLeftReading is used in the widgetset class to enable bi-directional text display for languages like Arabic and Hebrew.

The return value is True when the BiDiMode property is set to a value other than bdLeftToRight.

Use the UseRightToLeftAlignment property to set the alignment for text values in the menu.

## See also

TMenu.UseRightToLeftAlignment |  | UseRightToLeftAlignment - returns True if Right-to-Left alignment is being used.
TMenu.BiDiMode |  | Indicates whether Bi-directional text mode is implemented allowing use with languages like Arabic or Hebrew.
TBiDiMode