Implementing Right-to-Left (RTL) Support in a Tailwind CSS React Application
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TL;DR I was developing a project for my friends when we started discussing which languages to support. "It would really be great if we had Arabic!" they said. That's when I realized I'd never dealt with Right-to-Left (RTL) languages before - and honestly, it felt a bit intimidating at first. But hey, we love a good challenge, right?
Building a web application with RTL support requires more than just translating labels and text - it requires adapting the entire user interface to be able to swap text directions. This article describes the key changes I made to seamlessly supports both LTR and RTL language like Arabic. Spoiler alert: it's actually quite doable with Tailwind CSS!