diff --git a/index.d.ts b/index.d.ts
index f8e33f04b..0b153a304 100644
--- a/index.d.ts
+++ b/index.d.ts
@@ -3247,6 +3247,7 @@ declare namespace cytoscape {
          * A boolean indicating whether the algorithm should only go along edges from source to target (default false).
          */
         directed?: boolean;
+        direction?: 'top-bottom' | 'bottom-top' | 'left-right' | 'right-left';
     }
     interface SearchFirstOptions1 extends SearchFirstOptionsBase {
         /**
diff --git a/src/extensions/layout/breadthfirst.mjs b/src/extensions/layout/breadthfirst.mjs
index 377bed6f9..3293b9960 100644
--- a/src/extensions/layout/breadthfirst.mjs
+++ b/src/extensions/layout/breadthfirst.mjs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import * as is from '../../is.mjs';
 const defaults = {
   fit: true, // whether to fit the viewport to the graph
   directed: false, // whether the tree is directed downwards (or edges can point in any direction if false)
+  direction: 'top-bottom', // 'top-bottom', 'bottom-top', 'left-right', or 'right-left'
   padding: 30, // padding on fit
   circle: false, // put depths in concentric circles if true, put depths top down if false
   grid: false, // whether to create an even grid into which the DAG is placed (circle:false only)
@@ -48,10 +49,8 @@ BreadthFirstLayout.prototype.run = function(){
   const maximal = options.acyclic || options.maximal || options.maximalAdjustments > 0; // maximalAdjustments for compat. w/ old code; also, setting acyclic to true sets maximal to true
 
   const hasBoundingBox = !!options.boundingBox;
-  const cyExtent = cy.extent();
-  const bb = math.makeBoundingBox( hasBoundingBox ? options.boundingBox : {
-    x1: cyExtent.x1, y1: cyExtent.y1, w: cyExtent.w, h: cyExtent.h
-  } );
+  const bb = math.makeBoundingBox( hasBoundingBox ? options.boundingBox :
+    structuredClone(cy.extent()));
 
   let roots;
   if( is.elementOrCollection( options.roots ) ){
@@ -350,7 +349,7 @@ BreadthFirstLayout.prototype.run = function(){
 
   const maxDepthSize = depths.reduce( (max, eles) => Math.max(max, eles.length), 0 );
 
-  const getPosition = function( ele ){
+  const getPositionTopBottom = function( ele ){
     const { depth, index } = getInfo( ele );
 
     if ( options.circle ){
@@ -386,10 +385,18 @@ BreadthFirstLayout.prototype.run = function(){
 
       return epos;
     }
-
   };
 
-  eles.nodes().layoutPositions( this, options, getPosition );
+  const rotateDegrees = {
+    'bottom-top': 180,
+    'left-right': -90,
+    'right-left': 90,
+    'top-bottom': 0,
+  }
+
+  const getPosition = (ele) => util.rotatePosAndSkewByBox(getPositionTopBottom(ele), bb, rotateDegrees[options.direction] ?? 0);
+
+  eles.nodes().layoutPositions( this, options, getPosition);
 
   return this; // chaining
 };
diff --git a/src/util/index.mjs b/src/util/index.mjs
index 3bdb901fa..07978f619 100644
--- a/src/util/index.mjs
+++ b/src/util/index.mjs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ export * from './maps.mjs';
 export * from './strings.mjs';
 export * from './timing.mjs';
 export * from './hash.mjs';
+export * from './position.mjs';
 
 export { strings, extend, extend as assign, memoize, regex, sort };
 
diff --git a/src/util/position.mjs b/src/util/position.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..54f94e993
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/position.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+export function rotatePoint(x, y, centerX, centerY, angleDegrees) {
+  const angleRadians = (angleDegrees * Math.PI) / 180;
+  const rotatedX =
+    Math.cos(angleRadians) * (x - centerX) -
+    Math.sin(angleRadians) * (y - centerY) +
+    centerX;
+  const rotatedY =
+    Math.sin(angleRadians) * (x - centerX) +
+    Math.cos(angleRadians) * (y - centerY) +
+    centerY;
+  return { x: rotatedX, y: rotatedY };
+}
+
+export const skewPointInBox = (x, y, boxX, boxY, skewX, skewY) => ({
+  x: (x - boxX) * skewX + boxX,
+  y: (y - boxY) * skewY + boxY
+});
+
+export function rotatePosAndSkewByBox(pos, box, angleDegrees) {
+  if (angleDegrees === 0) return pos;
+  const centerX = (box.x1 + box.x2) / 2;
+  const centerY = (box.y1 + box.y2) / 2;
+  const skewX = box.w / box.h;
+  const skewY = 1 / skewX;
+
+  const rotated = rotatePoint(pos.x, pos.y, centerX, centerY, angleDegrees);
+  const skewed = skewPointInBox(rotated.x, rotated.y, centerX, centerY, skewX, skewY);
+  
+  return {
+    x: skewed.x,
+    y: skewed.y,
+  };
+};
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