---
title: textElement
framework: appkit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: appkit/nstextlayoutfragment/textelement
---

# textElement

The parent text element.

## Declaration

```swift
weak var textElement: NSTextElement? { get }
```

## See Also

### Getting element information

- [state](appkit/nstextlayoutfragment/state-swift.property.md)
- [NSTextLayoutFragment.State](appkit/nstextlayoutfragment/state-swift.enum.md)
- [rangeInElement](appkit/nstextlayoutfragment/rangeinelement.md)