---
title: contentView
framework: paperkit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: paperkit/papermarkupviewcontroller/contentview-4aeda
---

# contentView

The content that markup appears on top of.

## Declaration

```swift
@MainActor @preconcurrency var contentView: UIView? { get set }
```

## Discussion

Discussion The system sizes the content view to the frame of the markup and adds it below all the markup and drawing. When nil, markup appears on top of a blank white canvas. Default is nil.

## See Also

### Displaying markup

- [markup](paperkit/papermarkupviewcontroller/markup.md)
- [contentView](paperkit/papermarkupviewcontroller/contentview-4hbkf.md)
- [supportedFeatureSet](paperkit/papermarkupviewcontroller/supportedfeatureset.md)