---
title: keyPreDispatch
framework: coreservices
role: symbol
role_heading: Global Variable
path: coreservices/keypredispatch
---

# keyPreDispatch

A predispatch handler (an Apple event handler that the Apple Event Manager calls immediately before it dispatches an Apple event). See also Managing Special Handler Dispatch Tables.

## Declaration

```swift
var keyPreDispatch: AEKeyword { get }
```