---
title: allowsTightening
framework: swiftui
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: swiftui/environmentvalues/allowstightening
---

# allowsTightening

A Boolean value that indicates whether inter-character spacing should tighten to fit the text into the available space.

## Declaration

```swift
var allowsTightening: Bool { get set }
```

## Discussion

Discussion The default value is false.

## See Also

### Managing text layout

- [truncationMode(_:)](swiftui/view/truncationmode(_:).md)
- [truncationMode](swiftui/environmentvalues/truncationmode.md)
- [allowsTightening(_:)](swiftui/view/allowstightening(_:).md)
- [minimumScaleFactor(_:)](swiftui/view/minimumscalefactor(_:).md)
- [minimumScaleFactor](swiftui/environmentvalues/minimumscalefactor.md)
- [baselineOffset(_:)](swiftui/view/baselineoffset(_:).md)
- [kerning(_:)](swiftui/view/kerning(_:).md)
- [tracking(_:)](swiftui/view/tracking(_:).md)
- [flipsForRightToLeftLayoutDirection(_:)](swiftui/view/flipsforrighttoleftlayoutdirection(_:).md)
- [TextAlignment](swiftui/textalignment.md)