---
title: wantsNotificationForMarkedText
framework: appkit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: appkit/nscell/wantsnotificationformarkedtext
---

# wantsNotificationForMarkedText

A Boolean value indicating whether the cell’s field editor should post text change notifications.

## Declaration

```swift
var wantsNotificationForMarkedText: Bool { get }
```

## Discussion

Discussion When the value of this property is true, the field editor should post text notification changes while editing marked text. When the value is NO, the field editor should delay notifications until the marked text is confirmed. The default value of this property is false. Subclasses can override the property and change the value as appropriate.

## See Also

### Editing and Selecting Text

- [edit(withFrame:in:editor:delegate:event:)](appkit/nscell/edit(withframe:in:editor:delegate:event:).md)
- [select(withFrame:in:editor:delegate:start:length:)](appkit/nscell/select(withframe:in:editor:delegate:start:length:).md)
- [sendsActionOnEndEditing](appkit/nscell/sendsactiononendediting.md)
- [endEditing(_:)](appkit/nscell/endediting(_:).md)
- [fieldEditor(for:)](appkit/nscell/fieldeditor(for:).md)
- [usesSingleLineMode](appkit/nscell/usessinglelinemode.md)