---
title: Deprecated Symbols
framework: appkit
role: collectionGroup
role_heading: API Collection
path: appkit/deprecated-symbols
---

# Deprecated Symbols

Review symbols that are no longer supported, and find the replacements to use instead.

## Topics

### Classes

- [NSOpenGLView](appkit/nsopenglview.md)
- [NSOpenGLContext](appkit/nsopenglcontext.md)
- [NSOpenGLLayer](appkit/nsopengllayer.md)
- [NSOpenGLPixelFormat](appkit/nsopenglpixelformat.md)
- [NSDrawer](appkit/nsdrawer.md)
- [NSForm](appkit/nsform.md)
- [NSFormCell](appkit/nsformcell.md)
- [NSMenuItemCell](appkit/nsmenuitemcell.md)

### Protocols

- [NSAccessibility](appkit/nsaccessibility.md)
- [NSEditorRegistration](appkit/nseditorregistration.md)
- [NSInputServiceProvider](appkit/nsinputserviceprovider.md)
- [NSInputServerMouseTracker](appkit/nsinputservermousetracker.md)
- [NSDrawerDelegate](appkit/nsdrawerdelegate.md)

### Functions

- [NSConvertGlyphsToPackedGlyphs(_:_:_:_:)](appkit/nsconvertglyphstopackedglyphs(_:_:_:_:).md)
- [raiseBadArgumentException(_:_:_:)](appkit/nsaccessibility-swift.struct/raisebadargumentexception(_:_:_:).md)
- [NSReleaseAlertPanel(_:)](appkit/nsreleasealertpanel(_:).md)
- [NSDisableScreenUpdates()](appkit/nsdisablescreenupdates().md)
- [NSEnableScreenUpdates()](appkit/nsenablescreenupdates().md)
- [NSDrawColorTiledRects(_:_:_:_:_:)](appkit/nsdrawcolortiledrects(_:_:_:_:_:).md)
- [NSSetShowsServicesMenuItem(_:_:)](appkit/nssetshowsservicesmenuitem(_:_:).md)
- [NSCopyBits(_:_:_:)](appkit/nscopybits(_:_:_:).md)
- [NSShowsServicesMenuItem(_:)](appkit/nsshowsservicesmenuitem(_:).md)
- [NSDottedFrameRect(_:)](appkit/nsdottedframerect(_:).md)
- [NSReadPixel(_:)](appkit/nsreadpixel(_:).md)
- [NSGetWindowServerMemory(_:_:_:_:)](appkit/nsgetwindowservermemory(_:_:_:_:).md)
- [fileContentsType(forPathExtension:)](appkit/nspasteboard/pasteboardtype/filecontentstype(forpathextension:).md)
- [fileNameType(forPathExtension:)](appkit/nspasteboard/pasteboardtype/filenametype(forpathextension:).md)
- [representedPathExtension](appkit/nspasteboard/pasteboardtype/representedpathextension.md)
- [representedPathExtensions(from:)](appkit/nspasteboard/pasteboardtype/representedpathextensions(from:).md)

### Enumerations

- [NSMultibyteGlyphPacking](appkit/nsmultibyteglyphpacking.md)
- [Glyph Attributes](appkit/glyph-attributes.md)
- [NSOpenGLGlobalOption](appkit/nsopenglglobaloption.md)
- [Data Entry Types](appkit/data-entry-types.md)
- [Anonymous](appkit/nsbuttontypes-anonymous.md)
- [Additional Writing Directions](appkit/additional-writing-directions.md)
- [Return values for modal operations](appkit/return-values-for-modal-operations.md)
- [Tags of Views in the FontPanel](appkit/tags-of-views-in-the-fontpanel.md)