---
title: backgroundLayoutEnabled
framework: appkit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: appkit/nslayoutmanager/backgroundlayoutenabled
---

# backgroundLayoutEnabled

A Boolean value that indicates whether the layout manager generates glyphs and lays them out when the app’s run loop is idle.

## Declaration

```swift
var backgroundLayoutEnabled: Bool { get set }
```

## See Also

### Configuring the global layout manager options

- [allowsNonContiguousLayout](appkit/nslayoutmanager/allowsnoncontiguouslayout.md)
- [hasNonContiguousLayout](appkit/nslayoutmanager/hasnoncontiguouslayout.md)
- [showsInvisibleCharacters](appkit/nslayoutmanager/showsinvisiblecharacters.md)
- [showsControlCharacters](appkit/nslayoutmanager/showscontrolcharacters.md)
- [usesFontLeading](appkit/nslayoutmanager/usesfontleading.md)
- [limitsLayoutForSuspiciousContents](appkit/nslayoutmanager/limitslayoutforsuspiciouscontents.md)
- [usesDefaultHyphenation](appkit/nslayoutmanager/usesdefaulthyphenation.md)