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Scanning Direction


Readers of Western languages scan from left to right across the page (or display screen) and from top to bottom. In other languages, particularly Eastern ones such as Hebrew and Arabic, this is not the case; readers scan from right to left. The scanning direction of the country can have an impact on the location of components in DialogBoxes, the order of selections in Menus, and other areas.

If your application will be used in environments other than those that scan from left to right, remember that the the scanning direction should match the input direction.