Right-to-Left Language Support

Loading the Right-to-Left stylesheet

By default the Bootstrap plugin loads standard left-to-right CSS. To enable support for right-to-left languages, DITA-OT must load the RTL version of the Bootstrap CSS. This is done automatically if the --defaultLanguage is set to an RTL language. Alternatively, you can manually enable RTL support using the --bidi.include parameter:

dita --input=path/to/your.ditamap \
     --format=html5-bootstrap \
     --bidi.include=yes

Using LTR and RTL languages in the same topic

The overall layout is always defined by the --defaultLanguage parameter.

To render an article as RTL across the page, set the <topic xml:lang=".."> to an RTL language.

<topic id="..." xml:lang="ar">

Additionally, within any <topic>, setting the @dir attribute on any DITA element thereafter will cause the layout to be recalculated for the enclosed block only.