---
title: backgroundView
framework: appkit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: appkit/nsscrubber/backgroundview
---

# backgroundView

A view that is displayed behind the scrubber content.

## Declaration

```swift
var backgroundView: NSView? { get set }
```

## Discussion

Discussion The scrubber manages the layout of the background view to match the size of the content area. If this property is non-nil, the value of the backgroundColor property is ignored. The default value is nil.

## See Also

### Configuring the scrubber’s appearance

- [backgroundColor](appkit/nsscrubber/backgroundcolor.md)
- [showsAdditionalContentIndicators](appkit/nsscrubber/showsadditionalcontentindicators.md)
- [showsArrowButtons](appkit/nsscrubber/showsarrowbuttons.md)