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<h2 id="requirelayoutdirection">requireLayoutDirection</h2>

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```kotlin
fun DelegatableNode.requireLayoutDirection(): LayoutDirection
```


Returns the current `LayoutDirection` of the LayoutNode that this `DelegatableNode` is attached
to. If the node is not attached, this function will throw an `IllegalStateException`.