---
title: position
framework: foundation
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: foundation/nspositionalspecifier/position
---

# position

Returns the insertion position specified at initialization time.

## Declaration

```swift
var position: NSPositionalSpecifier.InsertionPosition { get }
```

## Return Value

Return Value An insertion position.

## See Also

### Accessing information about a positional specifier

- [insertionContainer](foundation/nspositionalspecifier/insertioncontainer.md)
- [insertionIndex](foundation/nspositionalspecifier/insertionindex.md)
- [insertionKey](foundation/nspositionalspecifier/insertionkey.md)
- [insertionReplaces](foundation/nspositionalspecifier/insertionreplaces.md)
- [objectSpecifier](foundation/nspositionalspecifier/objectspecifier.md)
- [setInsertionClassDescription(_:)](foundation/nspositionalspecifier/setinsertionclassdescription(_:).md)