---
title: "setReceiversSpecifier(_:)"
framework: foundation
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Method
path: "foundation/nsdeletecommand/setreceiversspecifier(_:)"
---

# setReceiversSpecifier(_:)

Sets the receiver’s object specifier.

## Declaration

```swift
func setReceiversSpecifier(_ receiversRef: NSScriptObjectSpecifier?)
```

## Parameters

- `receiversRef`: The receiver’s object specifier.

## Discussion

Discussion This method overrides receiversSpecifier in NSScriptCommand. It performs the same function as the overridden method, with a critical difference: it causes the container specifier part of the passed-in object specifier to become the receiver specifier of the command, and the key part of the passed-in object specifier to become the key specifier. If, for example, receiversRef is a specifier for the third rectangle of the first document, the receiver specifier is the first document while the key specifier is the third rectangle.

## See Also

### Working with specifiers

- [keySpecifier](foundation/nsdeletecommand/keyspecifier.md)