---
title: nsSortDescriptors
framework: swiftui
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: swiftui/fetchrequest/configuration/nssortdescriptors
---

# nsSortDescriptors

The request’s sort descriptors, accessed as reference types.

## Declaration

```swift
@MainActor @preconcurrency var nsSortDescriptors: [NSSortDescriptor]
```

## Discussion

Discussion Set this configuration value to cause a FetchRequest to execute a fetch with a new collection of NSSortDescriptor instances. If you want to use SortDescriptor instances, set sortDescriptors instead. Access this value of a FetchRequest.Configuration structure for a given request by using the nsSortDescriptors property on the associated FetchedResults instance, either directly or through a Binding.

## See Also

### Setting sort descriptors

- [sortDescriptors](swiftui/fetchrequest/configuration/sortdescriptors.md)