# How to change your storefront's language, including right-to-left (RTL)

Your theme's editor content language is set from the **Editor Language** dropdown in the theme builder's top bar; your store's overall storefront language is managed separately under **Store Settings → Languages**.

## Steps

1. To change which language you're editing text in inside the theme builder, use the **Editor Language** dropdown in the top bar — it lists the languages your current theme supports.
2. To change your storefront's default/overall language, go to **Store Settings → Languages**.
3. To switch a section from left-to-right to right-to-left, select the section (not an individual text element), open its **Display** settings, and switch the direction there.
4. To translate individual field labels (e.g. checkout form fields), click that specific field and edit its Label/Placeholder text directly — there's no single toggle that translates every piece of text at once.

## Common problems

- Applied a theme and it switched your store to Arabic automatically → most theme text ships in Arabic and English by default; check **Store Settings → Languages** and the theme's Editor Language dropdown to set your preferred default.
- Want a language the theme doesn't ship with (e.g. Italian) → the theme's built-in text only covers its shipped languages; other languages need each section's text translated manually, or a multi-language app to help manage translations across the store.
- Theme doesn't look right in Arabic → most themes fully support Arabic customization, including switching sections to right-to-left from the Display settings; if a specific theme genuinely lacks RTL support, contact support to confirm before switching your whole store to it.
- A specific page previews blank or doesn't match after a language change → refresh and re-check the live link, and contact support if the preview keeps failing to update.

## Related
- [How to change your store's theme and edit its sections](https://help.dropify.shop/en/store_theme/change-your-store-theme-and-sections/)
- [How to customize the order form (Express Checkout) on a landing page](https://help.dropify.shop/en/landing_page_builder/customize-the-order-form-on-a-landing-page/)