---
title: "setInitialText(_:)"
framework: social
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Method
path: "social/slcomposeviewcontroller/setinitialtext(_:)"
---

# setInitialText(_:)

Sets the initial text to be posted.

## Declaration

```swift
func setInitialText(_ text: String!) -> Bool
```

## Parameters

- `text`: The text to add to the post.

## Return Value

Return Value Returns a Boolean value that indicates whether the text was successfully set.

## Discussion

Discussion This method returns false if text does not fit in the currently available character space or if the view controller has already been presented to the user (and therefore cannot be changed). Character limits are dependent on the target service and are documented by the service provider. For links to documentation for the supported services, see Table 1 in SLRequest.

## See Also

### Specifying the Contents of the Post

- [add(_:)](social/slcomposeviewcontroller/add(_:)-1z68a.md)
- [add(_:)](social/slcomposeviewcontroller/add(_:)-3mn1w.md)
- [removeAllImages()](social/slcomposeviewcontroller/removeallimages().md)
- [removeAllURLs()](social/slcomposeviewcontroller/removeallurls().md)