---
title: start
framework: quartzcore
role: symbol
role_heading: Type Property
path: quartzcore/catextlayertruncationmode/start
---

# start

Each line is displayed so that the end fits in the container and the missing text is indicated by some kind of ellipsis glyph.

## Declaration

```swift
static let start: CATextLayerTruncationMode
```

## See Also

### Constants

- [none](quartzcore/catextlayertruncationmode/none.md)
- [end](quartzcore/catextlayertruncationmode/end.md)
- [middle](quartzcore/catextlayertruncationmode/middle.md)