User Interface Mirroring
Because some cultures present information in different orientations, it is sometimes necessary to include planning for a reversal of the left-to-right order that is common in English- and German-speaking countries. In Hebrew and Arabic, the language is written right to left on a page; user controls must be similarly reversed so that their functionality remains constant based on the cultural access patterns of the user (see Figure 8.6).
Figure 8.6. An Arabic Windows user interface displaying the mirroring of controls, tab location, and text.
Mirroring in .NET
To reverse text input to be right to left, to change the location ...
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