---
title: paragraphSpacingBefore
framework: appkit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: appkit/nsparagraphstyle/paragraphspacingbefore
---

# paragraphSpacingBefore

The distance between the paragraph’s top and the beginning of its text content.

## Declaration

```swift
var paragraphSpacingBefore: CGFloat { get }
```

## Discussion

Discussion This property contains the space (measured in points) between the current and previous paragraphs. The default value of this property is 0.0.

## See Also

### Accessing style information

- [alignment](appkit/nsparagraphstyle/alignment.md)
- [NSTextAlignment](appkit/nstextalignment.md)
- [firstLineHeadIndent](appkit/nsparagraphstyle/firstlineheadindent.md)
- [headIndent](appkit/nsparagraphstyle/headindent.md)
- [tailIndent](appkit/nsparagraphstyle/tailindent.md)
- [lineHeightMultiple](appkit/nsparagraphstyle/lineheightmultiple.md)
- [maximumLineHeight](appkit/nsparagraphstyle/maximumlineheight.md)
- [minimumLineHeight](appkit/nsparagraphstyle/minimumlineheight.md)
- [lineSpacing](appkit/nsparagraphstyle/linespacing.md)
- [paragraphSpacing](appkit/nsparagraphstyle/paragraphspacing.md)