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How to use the right-to-left option for Material UI templates?


I am new to REACT and I am creating an application with React that is going to be in Persian (right-to-left script like Arabic) and I am using Material UI framework. The problem is that, I cannot get the components from Material UI in rtl format. I have followed the following steps:

  1. I have the direction as rtl in my html tag.
  2. I have clicked on the rtl toggle button and copied all the codes but upon pasting it, the components aren't completely right to left and partially right to left.
  3. I followed the guide for right to left written in their website but I can't get the jss library to work. RIGHT TO LEFT GUIDE _ MATERIAL UI

Can someone please clarify how to use this jss-rtl in detail since i am new to REACTJS.

I am attaching a form that i want to be in rtl format.

import React from 'react';
import Avatar from '@material-ui/core/Avatar';
import Button from '@material-ui/core/Button';
import CssBaseline from '@material-ui/core/CssBaseline';
import TextField from '@material-ui/core/TextField';
import FormControlLabel from '@material-ui/core/FormControlLabel';
import Checkbox from '@material-ui/core/Checkbox';
import Link from '@material-ui/core/Link';
import Grid from '@material-ui/core/Grid';
import Box from '@material-ui/core/Box';
import LockOutlinedIcon from '@material-ui/icons/LockOutlined';
import Typography from '@material-ui/core/Typography';
import { makeStyles } from '@material-ui/core/styles';
import Container from '@material-ui/core/Container';

function Copyright() {
  return (
    <Typography variant="body2" color="textSecondary" align="center">
      {'Copyright © '}
      <Link color="inherit" href="https://material-ui.com/">
        Your Website
      </Link>{' '}
      {new Date().getFullYear()}
      {'.'}
    </Typography>
  );
}

const useStyles = makeStyles((theme) => ({
  paper: {
    marginTop: theme.spacing(8),
    display: 'flex',
    flexDirection: 'column',
    alignItems: 'center',
  },
  avatar: {
    margin: theme.spacing(1),
    backgroundColor: theme.palette.secondary.main,
  },
  form: {
    width: '100%', // Fix IE 11 issue.
    marginTop: theme.spacing(1),
  },
  submit: {
    margin: theme.spacing(3, 0, 2),
  },
}));

export default function SignIn() {
  const classes = useStyles();

  return (
    <Container component="main" maxWidth="xs">
      <CssBaseline />
      <div className={classes.paper}>
        <Avatar className={classes.avatar}>
          <LockOutlinedIcon />
        </Avatar>
        <Typography component="h1" variant="h5">
          Sign in
        </Typography>
        <form className={classes.form} noValidate>
          <TextField
            variant="outlined"
            margin="normal"
            required
            fullWidth
            id="email"
            label="Email Address"
            name="email"
            autoComplete="email"
            autoFocus
          />
          <TextField
            variant="outlined"
            margin="normal"
            required
            fullWidth
            name="password"
            label="Password"
            type="password"
            id="password"
            autoComplete="current-password"
          />
          <FormControlLabel
            control={<Checkbox value="remember" color="primary" />}
            label="Remember me"
          />
          <Button
            type="submit"
            fullWidth
            variant="contained"
            color="primary"
            className={classes.submit}
          >
            Sign In
          </Button>
          <Grid container>
            <Grid item xs>
              <Link href="#" variant="body2">
                Forgot password?
              </Link>
            </Grid>
            <Grid item>
              <Link href="#" variant="body2">
                {"Don't have an account? Sign Up"}
              </Link>
            </Grid>
          </Grid>
        </form>
      </div>
      <Box mt={8}>
        <Copyright />
      </Box>
    </Container>
  );
}
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Solution

  • **Keep coding all your elements in LTR format.

    In the index.js, work with the code that is given below:

        import React from "react";
        import ReactDOM from "react-dom";
        import { createMuiTheme } from "@material-ui/core/styles";
        import { StylesProvider, ThemeProvider, jssPreset } from "@material-ui/styles";
        import { create } from "jss";
        import rtl from "jss-rtl";
        import Demo from "./demo";
        
        const jss = create({ plugins: [...jssPreset().plugins, rtl()] });
        const theme = createMuiTheme({
          direction: "rtl"
        });
        
        ReactDOM.render(
          <StylesProvider jss={jss}>
            <ThemeProvider theme={theme}>
              <Demo />
            </ThemeProvider>
          </StylesProvider>,
          document.querySelector("#root")
        );

    Works 100%.

    Answer thanks to

    https://github.com/oliviertassinari

    **https://github.com/mui-org/material-ui/issues/14283#issuecomment-456760361