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My understanding, preferably, yes. https://m2.material.io/design/usability/bidirectionality.htm...

> 7. Progress bars fill in the same direction as content is read

In general, if it represents "start to finish", or it has "forwards or backwards", then it should be mirrored. Above site has good examples for how a bicycle icon should be mirrored (as facing left is going "forwards"), but a magnifying glass would not.



It's a dilemma, either teaching English to everyone, or recreating the UI style guides from zero point.




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