---
title: currentPreviewItem
framework: quicklookui
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: quicklookui/qlpreviewpanel/currentpreviewitem
---

# currentPreviewItem

The currently previewed item.

## Declaration

```swift
var currentPreviewItem: (any QLPreviewItem)! { get }
```

## Discussion

Discussion The value is nil if there’s no current preview item.

## See Also

### Managing the Preview Items

- [dataSource](quicklookui/qlpreviewpanel/datasource.md)
- [reloadData()](quicklookui/qlpreviewpanel/reloaddata().md)
- [refreshCurrentPreviewItem()](quicklookui/qlpreviewpanel/refreshcurrentpreviewitem().md)
- [currentPreviewItemIndex](quicklookui/qlpreviewpanel/currentpreviewitemindex.md)
- [displayState](quicklookui/qlpreviewpanel/displaystate.md)