---
title: isEnteringProximity
framework: appkit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: appkit/nsevent/isenteringproximity
---

# isEnteringProximity

A Boolean value that indicates whether a pointing device is entering or leaving the proximity of its tablet.

## Declaration

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

## Discussion

Discussion This property is set to true when the pointing device enters the proximity of its tablet and false when it leaves. This method is valid only for mouse events with subtype NSTabletProximityEventSubtype and for NSTabletProximity events; otherwise it is set to false.

## See Also

### Getting tablet proximity information

- [capabilityMask](appkit/nsevent/capabilitymask.md)
- [deviceID](appkit/nsevent/deviceid.md)
- [pointingDeviceID](appkit/nsevent/pointingdeviceid.md)
- [pointingDeviceSerialNumber](appkit/nsevent/pointingdeviceserialnumber.md)
- [pointingDeviceType](appkit/nsevent/pointingdevicetype-swift.property.md)
- [NSEvent.PointingDeviceType](appkit/nsevent/pointingdevicetype-swift.enum.md)
- [systemTabletID](appkit/nsevent/systemtabletid.md)
- [tabletID](appkit/nsevent/tabletid.md)
- [uniqueID](appkit/nsevent/uniqueid.md)
- [vendorID](appkit/nsevent/vendorid.md)
- [vendorPointingDeviceType](appkit/nsevent/vendorpointingdevicetype.md)