Direction

The four directions into which content can be laid out.

Possible values are:

• ltr: Left to right.
• rtl: Right to left.
• ttb: Top to bottom.
• btt: Bottom to top.

These values are available globally and also in the direction type's scope, so you can write either of the following two:

Methods

Returns a direction from a starting point.

#direction.from(
  side
) -> direction

Parameters

Returns a direction from an end point.

#direction.to(
  side
) -> direction

Parameters

The axis this direction belongs to, either "horizontal" or "vertical".

The corresponding sign, for use in calculations.

The start point of this direction, as an alignment.

The end point of this direction, as an alignment.

The inverse direction.