---
title: lineBreakMode
framework: uikit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: uikit/nsparagraphstyle/linebreakmode
---

# lineBreakMode

The mode for breaking lines in the paragraph that don’t fit within a container.

## Declaration

```swift
var lineBreakMode: NSLineBreakMode { get }
```

## Discussion

Discussion This property controls how the text system lays out lines that don’t fit in its container, such as by truncating with an ellipsis (…) or clipping the text. This is different from NSParagraphStyle.LineBreakStrategy, which controls where the system places line breaks in a paragraph.

## See Also

### Getting line-break information

- [NSLineBreakMode](uikit/nslinebreakmode.md)
- [lineBreakStrategy](uikit/nsparagraphstyle/linebreakstrategy-swift.property.md)
- [NSParagraphStyle.LineBreakStrategy](uikit/nsparagraphstyle/linebreakstrategy-swift.struct.md)
- [hyphenationFactor](uikit/nsparagraphstyle/hyphenationfactor.md)
- [usesDefaultHyphenation](uikit/nsparagraphstyle/usesdefaulthyphenation.md)
- [tighteningFactorForTruncation](appkit/nsparagraphstyle/tighteningfactorfortruncation.md)
- [allowsDefaultTighteningForTruncation](uikit/nsparagraphstyle/allowsdefaulttighteningfortruncation.md)