---
title: actualText
framework: Core Graphics
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
platforms: [iOS 27.0+, iPadOS 27.0+, Mac Catalyst 27.0+, macOS 27.0+, visionOS 27.0+]
path: coregraphics/cgpdfstructureelement/attributes/actualtext
---

# actualText

Text that is an exact replacement for the element and its children, used when extracting the document’s contents.

## Declaration

```swift
var actualText: String?
```