---
title: textElement
framework: uikit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: uikit/nstextlayoutfragment/textelement
---

# textElement

The parent text element.

## Declaration

```swift
weak var textElement: NSTextElement? { get }
```

## See Also

### Getting element information

- [state](uikit/nstextlayoutfragment/state-swift.property.md)
- [NSTextLayoutFragment.State](uikit/nstextlayoutfragment/state-swift.enum.md)
- [rangeInElement](uikit/nstextlayoutfragment/rangeinelement.md)