$RTL_FIELDS

Set the position of the cursor in the field at deployment. For right-to-left applications only.

Arguments

• on—position the cursor to the right of the field. This is the default if no option is given or if the setting is omitted.
• off—position the cursor to the left of the field.

Defaults

Assignment file:	Any application assignment file
Section:	[SETTINGS]
Default value:	on

Description

$RTL_FIELDS determines the position of the cursor in the field at deployment only if $RTL_APPLICATION is also set. In this case, your application already works as if $RTL_FIELDS is on.

To change this, include $RTL_FIELDS in your assignment file and set it to off.

The field layout direction can be changed for a field (overriding the $RTL_FIELDS setting) by setting the Direction property of the field layout. The relationship between $RTL_FIELDS, the Direction property, and the layout direction of widgets during development and at deployment is illustrated in the table:

Widget layout direction with the $RTL_FIELDS on and off

Setting	Development	Runtime
$RTL_FIELDS = on
Direction=RTL	RTL	RTL
Direction=LTR	RTL	LTR
$RTL_FIELDS = off
Direction=RTL	LTR	RTL
Direction=LTR	LTR	LTR