---
title: "subscript(_:)"
framework: appkit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Method
path: "appkit/nstext/subscript(_:)"
---

# subscript(_:)

This action method applies a subscript attribute to selected text (or all text if the receiver is a plain text object), lowering its baseline offset by a predefined amount.

## Declaration

```swift
func `subscript`(_ sender: Any?)
```

## See Also

### Related Documentation

- [lowerBaseline(_:)](appkit/nstextview/lowerbaseline(_:).md)

### Setting superscripting and subscripting

- [superscript(_:)](appkit/nstext/superscript(_:).md)
- [unscript(_:)](appkit/nstext/unscript(_:).md)