---
title: MKCompassButton
framework: mapkit
role: symbol
role_heading: Class
path: mapkit/mkcompassbutton
---

# MKCompassButton

A specialized view that displays the compass heading for its associated map.

## Declaration

```swift
class MKCompassButton
```

## Overview

Overview Use this class when you want to incorporate a standard compass button into your own view hierarchy. A compass button reflects the current orientation of its associated map view. Tapping the compass button reorients the map so that due north is at the top of the map view.

## Topics

### Creating a compass button

- [init(mapView:)](mapkit/mkcompassbutton/init(mapview:).md)

### Getting the compass attributes

- [mapView](mapkit/mkcompassbutton/mapview.md)
- [compassVisibility](mapkit/mkcompassbutton/compassvisibility.md)
- [MKFeatureVisibility](mapkit/mkfeaturevisibility.md)

## Relationships

### Inherits From

- [NSView](appkit/nsview.md)
- [UIView](uikit/uiview.md)

### Conforms To

- [CALayerDelegate](quartzcore/calayerdelegate.md)
- [CLBodyIdentifiable](corelocation/clbodyidentifiable.md)
- [CMBodyIdentifiable](coremotion/cmbodyidentifiable.md)
- [CVarArg](swift/cvararg.md)
- [CustomDebugStringConvertible](swift/customdebugstringconvertible.md)
- [CustomStringConvertible](swift/customstringconvertible.md)
- [Equatable](swift/equatable.md)
- [Hashable](swift/hashable.md)
- [NSAccessibilityElementProtocol](appkit/nsaccessibilityelementprotocol.md)
- [NSAccessibilityProtocol](appkit/nsaccessibilityprotocol.md)
- [NSAnimatablePropertyContainer](appkit/nsanimatablepropertycontainer.md)
- [NSAppearanceCustomization](appkit/nsappearancecustomization.md)
- [NSCoding](foundation/nscoding.md)
- [NSDraggingDestination](appkit/nsdraggingdestination.md)
- [NSObjectProtocol](objectivec/nsobjectprotocol.md)
- [NSStandardKeyBindingResponding](appkit/nsstandardkeybindingresponding.md)
- [NSTouchBarProvider](appkit/nstouchbarprovider.md)
- [NSUserActivityRestoring](appkit/nsuseractivityrestoring.md)
- [NSUserInterfaceItemIdentification](appkit/nsuserinterfaceitemidentification.md)
- [Sendable](swift/sendable.md)
- [SendableMetatype](swift/sendablemetatype.md)
- [UIAccessibilityIdentification](uikit/uiaccessibilityidentification.md)
- [UIActivityItemsConfigurationProviding](uikit/uiactivityitemsconfigurationproviding.md)
- [UIAppearance](uikit/uiappearance.md)
- [UIAppearanceContainer](uikit/uiappearancecontainer.md)
- [UICoordinateSpace](uikit/uicoordinatespace.md)
- [UIDynamicItem](uikit/uidynamicitem.md)
- [UIFocusEnvironment](uikit/uifocusenvironment.md)
- [UIFocusItem](uikit/uifocusitem.md)
- [UIFocusItemContainer](uikit/uifocusitemcontainer.md)
- [UILargeContentViewerItem](uikit/uilargecontentvieweritem.md)
- [UIPasteConfigurationSupporting](uikit/uipasteconfigurationsupporting.md)
- [UIPopoverPresentationControllerSourceItem](uikit/uipopoverpresentationcontrollersourceitem.md)
- [UIResponderStandardEditActions](uikit/uiresponderstandardeditactions.md)
- [UITraitChangeObservable](uikit/uitraitchangeobservable-67e94.md)
- [UITraitEnvironment](uikit/uitraitenvironment.md)
- [UIUserActivityRestoring](uikit/uiuseractivityrestoring.md)

## See Also

### Map customization

- [MKMapCamera](mapkit/mkmapcamera.md)
- [MKScaleView](mapkit/mkscaleview.md)
- [MKZoomControl](mapkit/mkzoomcontrol.md)
- [MKPitchControl](mapkit/mkpitchcontrol.md)
- [MKUserTrackingButton](mapkit/mkusertrackingbutton.md)
- [MKUserTrackingBarButtonItem](mapkit/mkusertrackingbarbuttonitem.md)