---
title: QLPreviewView
framework: quicklookui
role: symbol
role_heading: Class
path: quicklookui/qlpreviewview
---

# QLPreviewView

A Quick Look preview of an item that you can embed into your view hierarchy.

## Declaration

```swift
class QLPreviewView
```

## Topics

### Creating a Preview View

- [init(frame:style:)](quicklookui/qlpreviewview/init(frame:style:).md)
- [init(frame:)](quicklookui/qlpreviewview/init(frame:).md)
- [QLPreviewViewStyle](quicklookui/qlpreviewviewstyle.md)

### Displaying a Preview

- [previewItem](quicklookui/qlpreviewview/previewitem.md)
- [refreshPreviewItem()](quicklookui/qlpreviewview/refreshpreviewitem().md)
- [displayState](quicklookui/qlpreviewview/displaystate.md)
- [autostarts](quicklookui/qlpreviewview/autostarts.md)

### Closing a Preview

- [shouldCloseWithWindow](quicklookui/qlpreviewview/shouldclosewithwindow.md)
- [close()](quicklookui/qlpreviewview/close().md)

## Relationships

### Inherits From

- [NSView](appkit/nsview.md)

### Conforms To

- [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)

## See Also

### Previews

- [QLPreviewPanel](quicklookui/qlpreviewpanel.md)
- [QLPreviewItem](quicklookui/qlpreviewitem.md)
- [QLPreviewPanelDataSource](quicklookui/qlpreviewpaneldatasource.md)
- [QLPreviewPanelDelegate](quicklookui/qlpreviewpaneldelegate.md)
- [QLPreviewItemLoadingBlock](quicklookui/qlpreviewitemloadingblock.md)