---
title: isAutomaticLinkDetectionEnabled
framework: appkit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: appkit/nstextview/isautomaticlinkdetectionenabled
---

# isAutomaticLinkDetectionEnabled

A Boolean value that enables or disables automatic link detection.

## Declaration

```swift
var isAutomaticLinkDetectionEnabled: Bool { get set }
```

## Discussion

Discussion If true, automatic link detection is enabled; if false, it is disabled. Automatic link detection causes strings representing URLs typed in the view to be automatically made into links to those URLs.

## See Also

### Related Documentation

- [url(at:effectiveRange:)](foundation/nsattributedstring/url(at:effectiverange:).md)

### Setting behavioral attributes

- [allowsUndo](appkit/nstextview/allowsundo.md)
- [isEditable](appkit/nstextview/iseditable.md)
- [isSelectable](appkit/nstextview/isselectable.md)
- [isFieldEditor](appkit/nstextview/isfieldeditor.md)
- [isRichText](appkit/nstextview/isrichtext.md)
- [importsGraphics](appkit/nstextview/importsgraphics.md)
- [setBaseWritingDirection(_:range:)](appkit/nstextview/setbasewritingdirection(_:range:).md)
- [defaultParagraphStyle](appkit/nstextview/defaultparagraphstyle.md)
- [outline(_:)](appkit/nstextview/outline(_:).md)
- [allowsImageEditing](appkit/nstextview/allowsimageediting.md)
- [isAutomaticQuoteSubstitutionEnabled](appkit/nstextview/isautomaticquotesubstitutionenabled.md)
- [toggleAutomaticQuoteSubstitution(_:)](appkit/nstextview/toggleautomaticquotesubstitution(_:).md)
- [toggleAutomaticLinkDetection(_:)](appkit/nstextview/toggleautomaticlinkdetection(_:).md)
- [displaysLinkToolTips](appkit/nstextview/displayslinktooltips.md)
- [isAutomaticTextCompletionEnabled](appkit/nstextview/isautomatictextcompletionenabled.md)