---
title: "textViewWritingToolsWillBegin(_:)"
framework: appkit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Method
path: "appkit/nstextviewdelegate/textviewwritingtoolswillbegin(_:)"
---

# textViewWritingToolsWillBegin(_:)

## Declaration

```swift
@MainActor optional func textViewWritingToolsWillBegin(_ textView: NSTextView)
```

## Mentioned in

Customizing Writing Tools behavior for AppKit views

## See Also

### Responding to writing tools interactions

- [textViewWritingToolsDidEnd(_:)](appkit/nstextviewdelegate/textviewwritingtoolsdidend(_:).md)
- [textView(_:writingToolsIgnoredRangesInEnclosingRange:)](appkit/nstextviewdelegate/textview(_:writingtoolsignoredrangesinenclosingrange:).md)