---
title: firstTextView
framework: appkit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: appkit/nslayoutmanager/firsttextview
---

# firstTextView

The first text view in the layout manager’s series of text views.

## Declaration

```swift
unowned(unsafe) var firstTextView: NSTextView? { get }
```

## Discussion

Discussion This NSTextView object is the recipient of various NSText and NSTextView notifications.

## See Also

### Managing the responder chain

- [layoutManagerOwnsFirstResponder(in:)](appkit/nslayoutmanager/layoutmanagerownsfirstresponder(in:).md)
- [textViewForBeginningOfSelection](appkit/nslayoutmanager/textviewforbeginningofselection.md)