---
title: firstUnlaidGlyphIndex()
framework: appkit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Method
path: appkit/nslayoutmanager/firstunlaidglyphindex()
---

# firstUnlaidGlyphIndex()

Returns the index for the first glyph in the layout manager that isn’t in the layout.

## Declaration

```swift
func firstUnlaidGlyphIndex() -> Int
```

## See Also

### Getting layout information

- [attachmentSize(forGlyphAt:)](appkit/nslayoutmanager/attachmentsize(forglyphat:).md)
- [drawsOutsideLineFragment(forGlyphAt:)](appkit/nslayoutmanager/drawsoutsidelinefragment(forglyphat:).md)
- [extraLineFragmentRect](appkit/nslayoutmanager/extralinefragmentrect.md)
- [extraLineFragmentTextContainer](appkit/nslayoutmanager/extralinefragmenttextcontainer.md)
- [extraLineFragmentUsedRect](appkit/nslayoutmanager/extralinefragmentusedrect.md)
- [firstUnlaidCharacterIndex()](appkit/nslayoutmanager/firstunlaidcharacterindex().md)
- [getFirstUnlaidCharacterIndex(_:glyphIndex:)](appkit/nslayoutmanager/getfirstunlaidcharacterindex(_:glyphindex:).md)
- [lineFragmentRect(forGlyphAt:effectiveRange:)](appkit/nslayoutmanager/linefragmentrect(forglyphat:effectiverange:).md)
- [lineFragmentRect(forGlyphAt:effectiveRange:withoutAdditionalLayout:)](appkit/nslayoutmanager/linefragmentrect(forglyphat:effectiverange:withoutadditionallayout:).md)
- [lineFragmentUsedRect(forGlyphAt:effectiveRange:)](appkit/nslayoutmanager/linefragmentusedrect(forglyphat:effectiverange:).md)
- [lineFragmentUsedRect(forGlyphAt:effectiveRange:withoutAdditionalLayout:)](appkit/nslayoutmanager/linefragmentusedrect(forglyphat:effectiverange:withoutadditionallayout:).md)
- [location(forGlyphAt:)](appkit/nslayoutmanager/location(forglyphat:).md)
- [notShownAttribute(forGlyphAt:)](appkit/nslayoutmanager/notshownattribute(forglyphat:).md)
- [truncatedGlyphRange(inLineFragmentForGlyphAt:)](appkit/nslayoutmanager/truncatedglyphrange(inlinefragmentforglyphat:).md)