Mirror the portal direction for right-to-left languages

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Mirror the direction of a portal's user interface for right-to-left languages by enabling the necessary CSS.

Before you begin

Active a right-to-left language, such as Hebrew. For more information, see Activate a language.

Role required: sp_admin or admin

Procedure

Navigate to All > Service Portal > Portals.
Select a portal.
Select the Support right-to-left languages option.
Select Update.

CSS that mirrors the direction of a portal's user interface for right-to-left languages is generated.
If you use an external CSS library for your portal theme, provide your own CSS that mirrors the direction of a portal's user interface to override the automatically generated CSS.
1. Navigate to All > Service Portal > Themes.
2. Select the theme for the portal.
3. In the CSS Includes related list, select the CSS Include that links to an external CSS library URL.
  
  If you need to create a new CSS Include, see Create a portal theme.
4. In the RTL CSS file URL field, enter the URL to an external style sheet for mirroring the direction of a portal for right-to-left languages.
5. Select Update.

Result

When the session language is a right-to-left language, the direction of the portal user interface is mirrored to display from right to left.

If any content in your portal isn’t automatically mirrored for right-to-left languages, see CSS for right-to-left languages in portals for information about how to resolve these issues.

Parent Topic:Styling for right-to-left languages in portals

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title: Mirror the portal direction for right-to-left languages
description: Mirror the direction of a portal's user interface for right-to-left languages by enabling the necessary CSS.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/platform-user-interface/service-portal/mirror-portal-direction-right-to-left-languages.html
release: australia
product: Service Portal
classification: service-portal
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-09-10"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Styling for right-to-left languages in portals, Defining portal styles, Configuring Service Portal, Service Portal, Configure UIs and portals, Configure user experiences]
---

# Mirror the portal direction for right-to-left languages

Mirror the direction of a portal's user interface for right-to-left languages by enabling the necessary CSS.

## Before you begin

Active a right-to-left language, such as Hebrew. For more information, see [Activate a language](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/platform-administration/t_ActivateALanguage.md).

Role required: sp\_admin or admin

## Procedure

1. Navigate to **All** &gt; **Service Portal** &gt; **Portals**.

2. Select a portal.

3. Select the **Support right-to-left languages** option.

4. Select **Update**.

CSS that mirrors the direction of a portal's user interface for right-to-left languages is generated.

5. If you use an external CSS library for your portal theme, provide your own CSS that mirrors the direction of a portal's user interface to override the automatically generated CSS.

1. Navigate to **All** &gt; **Service Portal** &gt; **Themes**.

2. Select the theme for the portal.

3. In the **CSS Includes** related list, select the CSS Include that links to an external CSS library URL.

If you need to create a new CSS Include, see [Create a portal theme](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-user-interface/service-portal/c_CustomCSS.md).

4. In the **RTL CSS file URL** field, enter the URL to an external style sheet for mirroring the direction of a portal for right-to-left languages.

5. Select **Update**.

## Result

When the session language is a right-to-left language, the direction of the portal user interface is mirrored to display from right to left.

If any content in your portal isn’t automatically mirrored for right-to-left languages, see [CSS for right-to-left languages in portals](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-user-interface/service-portal/css-directives-right-to-left-languages.md) for information about how to resolve these issues.

**Parent Topic:**[Styling for right-to-left languages in portals](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-user-interface/service-portal/styling-right-to-left-languages.md)