---
title: NSTableHeaderView
framework: appkit
role: symbol
role_heading: Class
path: appkit/nstableheaderview
---

# NSTableHeaderView

An object that draws headers over a table view’s columns and handles mouse events in those headers.

## Declaration

```swift
class NSTableHeaderView
```

## Overview

Overview NSTableHeaderView uses NSTableHeaderCell to implement its user interface.

## Topics

### Setting the table view

- [tableView](appkit/nstableheaderview/tableview.md)

### Checking altered columns

- [draggedColumn](appkit/nstableheaderview/draggedcolumn.md)
- [draggedDistance](appkit/nstableheaderview/draggeddistance.md)
- [resizedColumn](appkit/nstableheaderview/resizedcolumn.md)

### Utility methods

- [column(at:)](appkit/nstableheaderview/column(at:).md)
- [headerRect(ofColumn:)](appkit/nstableheaderview/headerrect(ofcolumn:).md)

## Relationships

### Inherits From

- [NSView](appkit/nsview.md)

### Conforms To

- [CVarArg](swift/cvararg.md)
- [CustomDebugStringConvertible](swift/customdebugstringconvertible.md)
- [CustomStringConvertible](swift/customstringconvertible.md)
- [Equatable](swift/equatable.md)
- [Hashable](swift/hashable.md)
- [NSAccessibilityElementProtocol](appkit/nsaccessibilityelementprotocol.md)
- [NSAccessibilityProtocol](appkit/nsaccessibilityprotocol.md)
- [NSAnimatablePropertyContainer](appkit/nsanimatablepropertycontainer.md)
- [NSAppearanceCustomization](appkit/nsappearancecustomization.md)
- [NSCoding](foundation/nscoding.md)
- [NSDraggingDestination](appkit/nsdraggingdestination.md)
- [NSObjectProtocol](objectivec/nsobjectprotocol.md)
- [NSStandardKeyBindingResponding](appkit/nsstandardkeybindingresponding.md)
- [NSTouchBarProvider](appkit/nstouchbarprovider.md)
- [NSUserActivityRestoring](appkit/nsuseractivityrestoring.md)
- [NSUserInterfaceItemIdentification](appkit/nsuserinterfaceitemidentification.md)
- [NSViewToolTipOwner](appkit/nsviewtooltipowner.md)
- [Sendable](swift/sendable.md)
- [SendableMetatype](swift/sendablemetatype.md)

## See Also

### Rows and Columns

- [NSTableHeaderCell](appkit/nstableheadercell.md)
- [NSTableRowView](appkit/nstablerowview.md)
- [NSTableColumn](appkit/nstablecolumn.md)
- [NSTableViewRowAction](appkit/nstableviewrowaction.md)
- [NSTableColumn.ResizingOptions](appkit/nstablecolumn/resizingoptions.md)