---
title: "CMTextFormatDescriptionGetDisplayFlags(_:displayFlagsOut:)"
framework: coremedia
role: symbol
role_heading: Function
path: "coremedia/cmtextformatdescriptiongetdisplayflags(_:displayflagsout:)"
---

# CMTextFormatDescriptionGetDisplayFlags(_:displayFlagsOut:)

Returns the display flags.

## Declaration

```swift
func CMTextFormatDescriptionGetDisplayFlags(_ desc: CMFormatDescription, displayFlagsOut: UnsafeMutablePointer<CMTextDisplayFlags>) -> OSStatus
```

## Parameters

- `desc`: CMFormatDescription being interrogated.
- `displayFlagsOut`: On output, receives the display flags.

## Return Value

Return Value A result code. Returns noErr if successful.

## Discussion

Discussion These are the flags that control how the text appears.

## See Also

### Working with Text Descriptions

- [CMTextDescriptionFlavor](coremedia/cmtextdescriptionflavor.md)
- [CMTextFormatDescriptionGetDefaultStyle(_:localFontIDOut:boldOut:italicOut:underlineOut:fontSizeOut:colorComponentsOut:)](coremedia/cmtextformatdescriptiongetdefaultstyle(_:localfontidout:boldout:italicout:underlineout:fontsizeout:colorcomponentsout:).md)
- [CMTextFormatDescriptionGetDefaultTextBox(_:originIsAtTopLeft:heightOfTextTrack:defaultTextBoxOut:)](coremedia/cmtextformatdescriptiongetdefaulttextbox(_:originisattopleft:heightoftexttrack:defaulttextboxout:).md)
- [CMTextFormatDescriptionGetFontName(_:localFontID:fontNameOut:)](coremedia/cmtextformatdescriptiongetfontname(_:localfontid:fontnameout:).md)
- [CMTextFormatDescriptionGetJustification(_:horizontalOut:verticalOut:)](coremedia/cmtextformatdescriptiongetjustification(_:horizontalout:verticalout:).md)
- [CMTextFormatDescriptionCopyAsBigEndianTextDescriptionBlockBuffer(allocator:textFormatDescription:flavor:blockBufferOut:)](coremedia/cmtextformatdescriptioncopyasbigendiantextdescriptionblockbuffer(allocator:textformatdescription:flavor:blockbufferout:).md)
- [CMTextFormatDescriptionCreateFromBigEndianTextDescriptionBlockBuffer(allocator:bigEndianTextDescriptionBlockBuffer:flavor:mediaType:formatDescriptionOut:)](coremedia/cmtextformatdescriptioncreatefrombigendiantextdescriptionblockbuffer(allocator:bigendiantextdescriptionblockbuffer:flavor:mediatype:formatdescriptionout:).md)
- [CMTextFormatDescriptionCreateFromBigEndianTextDescriptionData(allocator:bigEndianTextDescriptionData:size:flavor:mediaType:formatDescriptionOut:)](coremedia/cmtextformatdescriptioncreatefrombigendiantextdescriptiondata(allocator:bigendiantextdescriptiondata:size:flavor:mediatype:formatdescriptionout:).md)
- [CMSwapBigEndianTextDescriptionToHost(_:_:)](coremedia/cmswapbigendiantextdescriptiontohost(_:_:).md)
- [CMSwapHostEndianTextDescriptionToBig(_:_:)](coremedia/cmswaphostendiantextdescriptiontobig(_:_:).md)