---
title: firstUnlaidCharacterIndex()
framework: uikit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Method
path: uikit/nslayoutmanager/firstunlaidcharacterindex()
---

# firstUnlaidCharacterIndex()

Returns the index for the first character in the layout manager that isn’t in the layout.

## Declaration

```swift
func firstUnlaidCharacterIndex() -> Int
```

## See Also

### Getting layout information

- [attachmentSize(forGlyphAt:)](uikit/nslayoutmanager/attachmentsize(forglyphat:).md)
- [drawsOutsideLineFragment(forGlyphAt:)](uikit/nslayoutmanager/drawsoutsidelinefragment(forglyphat:).md)
- [extraLineFragmentRect](uikit/nslayoutmanager/extralinefragmentrect.md)
- [extraLineFragmentTextContainer](uikit/nslayoutmanager/extralinefragmenttextcontainer.md)
- [extraLineFragmentUsedRect](uikit/nslayoutmanager/extralinefragmentusedrect.md)
- [firstUnlaidGlyphIndex()](uikit/nslayoutmanager/firstunlaidglyphindex().md)
- [getFirstUnlaidCharacterIndex(_:glyphIndex:)](uikit/nslayoutmanager/getfirstunlaidcharacterindex(_:glyphindex:).md)
- [lineFragmentRect(forGlyphAt:effectiveRange:)](uikit/nslayoutmanager/linefragmentrect(forglyphat:effectiverange:).md)
- [lineFragmentRect(forGlyphAt:effectiveRange:withoutAdditionalLayout:)](uikit/nslayoutmanager/linefragmentrect(forglyphat:effectiverange:withoutadditionallayout:).md)
- [lineFragmentUsedRect(forGlyphAt:effectiveRange:)](uikit/nslayoutmanager/linefragmentusedrect(forglyphat:effectiverange:).md)
- [lineFragmentUsedRect(forGlyphAt:effectiveRange:withoutAdditionalLayout:)](uikit/nslayoutmanager/linefragmentusedrect(forglyphat:effectiverange:withoutadditionallayout:).md)
- [location(forGlyphAt:)](uikit/nslayoutmanager/location(forglyphat:).md)
- [notShownAttribute(forGlyphAt:)](uikit/nslayoutmanager/notshownattribute(forglyphat:).md)
- [truncatedGlyphRange(inLineFragmentForGlyphAt:)](uikit/nslayoutmanager/truncatedglyphrange(inlinefragmentforglyphat:).md)