---
title: NSTextSelectionNavigation.LayoutOrientation
framework: appkit
role: symbol
role_heading: Enumeration
path: appkit/nstextselectionnavigation/layoutorientation
---

# NSTextSelectionNavigation.LayoutOrientation

Values that describe the possible layout orientations.

## Declaration

```swift
enum LayoutOrientation
```

## Topics

### Layout orientations

- [NSTextSelectionNavigation.LayoutOrientation.horizontal](appkit/nstextselectionnavigation/layoutorientation/horizontal.md)
- [NSTextSelectionNavigation.LayoutOrientation.vertical](appkit/nstextselectionnavigation/layoutorientation/vertical.md)

### Initializers

- [init(rawValue:)](appkit/nstextselectionnavigation/layoutorientation/init(rawvalue:).md)

## Relationships

### Conforms To

- [BitwiseCopyable](swift/bitwisecopyable.md)
- [Equatable](swift/equatable.md)
- [Hashable](swift/hashable.md)
- [RawRepresentable](swift/rawrepresentable.md)
- [Sendable](swift/sendable.md)
- [SendableMetatype](swift/sendablemetatype.md)

## See Also

### Changing the characteristics of the selection

- [baseWritingDirection(at:)](appkit/nstextselectiondatasource/basewritingdirection(at:).md)
- [NSTextSelectionNavigation.WritingDirection](appkit/nstextselectionnavigation/writingdirection.md)
- [textLayoutOrientation(at:)](appkit/nstextselectiondatasource/textlayoutorientation(at:).md)