# `GSEditViewController.usesAutomaticWritingDirection`

*Instance Property*

If enabled, the effective writing direction is derived from the inherent direction of the glyphs of the layers.

## Declaration

```swift
var usesAutomaticWritingDirection: Bool { get set }
```

```objc
@property (nonatomic, assign) BOOL usesAutomaticWritingDirection;
```

```python
usesAutomaticWritingDirection() -> bool
setUsesAutomaticWritingDirection_(usesAutomaticWritingDirection: bool)
```