---
title: "textView(_:writingToolsIgnoredRangesInEnclosingRange:)"
framework: appkit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Method
path: "appkit/nstextviewdelegate/textview(_:writingtoolsignoredrangesinenclosingrange:)"
---

# textView(_:writingToolsIgnoredRangesInEnclosingRange:)

## Declaration

```swift
@MainActor optional func textView(_ textView: NSTextView, writingToolsIgnoredRangesInEnclosingRange enclosingRange: NSRange) -> [NSValue]
```

## Mentioned in

Customizing Writing Tools behavior for AppKit views

## See Also

### Responding to writing tools interactions

- [textViewWritingToolsWillBegin(_:)](appkit/nstextviewdelegate/textviewwritingtoolswillbegin(_:).md)
- [textViewWritingToolsDidEnd(_:)](appkit/nstextviewdelegate/textviewwritingtoolsdidend(_:).md)