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

# setReceiversSpecifier(_:)

Sets the receiver’s object specifier.

## Declaration

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

## Parameters

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

## Discussion

Discussion When evaluated, receiversRef indicates the receiver or receivers of the move AppleScript command. 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 paragraph of the first document, the receiver specifier is the first document while the key specifier is the third paragraph.

## See Also

### Working with specifiers

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