{"id":57609,"date":"2025-05-19T15:55:46","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T12:55:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/?p=57609"},"modified":"2026-10-01T11:33:20","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T08:33:20","slug":"what-are-logical-properties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/what-are-logical-properties\/","title":{"rendered":"What are logical properties?"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- Original article: https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/what-are-logical-properties\/ -->\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Web creators build sites in many languages. Each uses different writing directions. Elementor uses logical properties in its design options to adjust your layouts automatically based on the text direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How Logical Properties Work<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Instead of fixed physical directions, logical properties use relative terms. They replace left, right, top, and bottom. 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