---
title: columnTerminators
framework: uikit
role: symbol
role_heading: Type Property
path: uikit/nstexttab/optionkey/columnterminators
---

# columnTerminators

The value is an NSCharacterSet object.

## Declaration

```swift
static let columnTerminators: NSTextTab.OptionKey
```

## Discussion

Discussion The character set is used to determine the terminating character for a tab column. The tab and newline characters are implied even if they don’t exist in the character set. This attribute is optional.