---
title: contentDescription
framework: appkit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: appkit/nsadaptiveimageglyph/contentdescription
---

# contentDescription

An alternate textual description of the image contents.

## Declaration

```swift
var contentDescription: String { get }
```

## Discussion

Discussion This string contains a brief description of the image, which is useful for searches or places where you need a text-based description. The adaptive image derives the content of this property from the underlying image data.

## See Also

### Getting the content metadata

- [contentIdentifier](appkit/nsadaptiveimageglyph/contentidentifier.md)
- [contentType](appkit/nsadaptiveimageglyph/contenttype.md)