---
title: layoutManager
framework: appkit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: appkit/nsatstypesetter/layoutmanager
---

# layoutManager

The layout manager for the text being typeset.

## Declaration

```swift
unowned(unsafe) var layoutManager: NSLayoutManager? { get }
```

## See Also

### Accessing the layout manager

- [usesFontLeading](appkit/nsatstypesetter/usesfontleading.md)
- [typesetterBehavior](appkit/nsatstypesetter/typesetterbehavior.md)
- [hyphenationFactor](appkit/nsatstypesetter/hyphenationfactor.md)
- [bidiProcessingEnabled](appkit/nsatstypesetter/bidiprocessingenabled.md)