How to Align Your Forms to a Right-to-Left Direction

February 4, 2025

Arabic, Hebrew, Pashto, Persian, Urdu, and Sindhi are common languages written from right to left (RTL). If your form’s script needs to be in the RTL direction, you can use CSS.

To align your form in the RTL direction

  1. In the Form Builder, select the roller paint icon in the upper-right corner.
Step to open the form designer in Jotform
  1. In the Form Designer, go to Styles at the top.
  2. Scroll down to Inject Custom CSS.
Steps to apply custom CSS in Jotform
  1. Enter the following code in the CSS editor:
.form-all, .form-header, .form-subHeader, .form-textarea, .form-textbox {
direction: rtl;
text-align: right !important;
}
.form-checkbox-item:not(#foo) label:before, .form-radio-item:not(#foo) label:before {
right: 0;
margin-right: 0;
float: right;
}
.form-radio-item:not(#foo) label:after {
right: 4px;
}
.form-checkbox-item:not(#foo) label:after {
right: 8px;
}
.form-checkbox-item:not(#foo) label {
float: right;
}
.form-all .form-section .form-col-2 {
width: 33.3% !important;
}
.form-label, label.form-label.form-label-auto, label.form-label:not(.form-label-top) {
text-align: right !important;
}
span.phone-separate {
display: none;
}
.form-line-error .form-error-message {
right: unset !important;
left: 0 !important;
text-align: left;
}
.form-checkbox-item:not(#foo) label:after {
right: 0;
}
.form-multiple-column, .form-single-column {
width: 100%;
display: inline-flex;
flex-wrap: wrap;
}
.form-multiple-column .form-checkbox-item, .form-multiple-column .form-radio-item, .form-single-column .form-checkbox-item, .form-single-column .form-radio-item {
width: 100%;
}
.form-checkbox+label, .form-checkbox+span, .form-radio+label, .form-radio+span {
padding-right: 30px;
padding-left: 0;
}
.form-matrix-values label.matrix-choice-label {
padding-right: 20px;
padding-left: 0;
}
.form-label:not(.form-label-top) + .form-input .form-address-line + .form-address-line, .form-sub-label-container + .form-sub-label-container {
margin-right: 8px;
}
.form-address-line + .form-address-line {
margin-left: 0;
}
.form-product-item .p_image .image_area {
margin-left: 10px;
margin-right: 10px;
}

Note

The code is only applicable to basic form elements and some widgets. If you need help aligning your form elements that are not covered by the code, reach out to Jotform Support.

  1. View your form in preview or live mode to see the changes.
Steps to view the live form in Jotform

Here’s a demo form to see what it looks like.

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