---
title: name
framework: quartzcore
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: quartzcore/caemittercell/name
---

# name

The name of the cell.

## Declaration

```swift
var name: String? { get set }
```

## Discussion

Discussion The cell name is used when constructing animation key paths that reference the cell. For example, adding an animation to a cell’s enclosing layer with the a keypath such as emitterCells.myCellName.redRange would animate the redRange property of the cell in the layer’s emitterCells array with the name myCellName. The default value of this property is nil.

## See Also

### Setting Emitter Cell Visual Attributes

- [isEnabled](quartzcore/caemittercell/isenabled.md)
- [color](quartzcore/caemittercell/color.md)
- [redRange](quartzcore/caemittercell/redrange.md)
- [greenRange](quartzcore/caemittercell/greenrange.md)
- [blueRange](quartzcore/caemittercell/bluerange.md)
- [alphaRange](quartzcore/caemittercell/alpharange.md)
- [redSpeed](quartzcore/caemittercell/redspeed.md)
- [greenSpeed](quartzcore/caemittercell/greenspeed.md)
- [blueSpeed](quartzcore/caemittercell/bluespeed.md)
- [alphaSpeed](quartzcore/caemittercell/alphaspeed.md)
- [magnificationFilter](quartzcore/caemittercell/magnificationfilter.md)
- [minificationFilter](quartzcore/caemittercell/minificationfilter.md)
- [minificationFilterBias](quartzcore/caemittercell/minificationfilterbias.md)
- [scale](quartzcore/caemittercell/scale.md)
- [scaleRange](quartzcore/caemittercell/scalerange.md)