---
title: minItemSize
framework: appkit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: appkit/nscollectionview/minitemsize
---

# minItemSize

The minimum size (in points) of items in the collection view grid.

## Declaration

```swift
var minItemSize: NSSize { get set }
```

## Discussion

Discussion The default value of this property is (0, 0). If the item’s view is resizable, set the value to the minimum size that the view should use.

## See Also

### Legacy Collection View Support

- [itemPrototype](appkit/nscollectionview/itemprototype.md)
- [newItem(forRepresentedObject:)](appkit/nscollectionview/newitem(forrepresentedobject:).md)
- [selectionIndexes](appkit/nscollectionview/selectionindexes.md)
- [maxNumberOfRows](appkit/nscollectionview/maxnumberofrows.md)
- [maxNumberOfColumns](appkit/nscollectionview/maxnumberofcolumns.md)
- [maxItemSize](appkit/nscollectionview/maxitemsize.md)
- [item(at:)](appkit/nscollectionview/item(at:)-80xze.md)
- [frameForItem(at:)](appkit/nscollectionview/frameforitem(at:).md)
- [frameForItem(at:withNumberOfItems:)](appkit/nscollectionview/frameforitem(at:withnumberofitems:).md)
- [draggingImageForItems(at:with:offset:)](appkit/nscollectionview/draggingimageforitems(at:with:offset:)-951w7.md)
- [setDraggingSourceOperationMask(_:forLocal:)](appkit/nscollectionview/setdraggingsourceoperationmask(_:forlocal:).md)