---
title: formattingStringsFilename
framework: appkit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: appkit/nsruleeditor/formattingstringsfilename
---

# formattingStringsFilename

The name of the rule editor’s strings file.

## Declaration

```swift
var formattingStringsFilename: String? { get set }
```

## Discussion

Discussion The NSRuleEditor class looks for a strings file with the given name in the main bundle and (if appropriate) the bundle containing the nib file from which it was loaded. If it finds a strings file resource with the given name, NSRuleEditor loads it and sets it as the formatting dictionary for the receiver. You can obtain the resulting dictionary using the formattingDictionary property]. If you assign a new dictionary to the formattingDictionary property, it sets the current to formatting strings file name to nil.

## See Also

### Working with Formatting

- [formattingDictionary](appkit/nsruleeditor/formattingdictionary.md)