---
title: representedElementKind
framework: uikit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: uikit/uicollectionviewlayoutattributes/representedelementkind
---

# representedElementKind

The layout-specific identifier for the target view.

## Declaration

```swift
var representedElementKind: String? { get }
```

## Discussion

Discussion You can use the value in this property to identify the specific purpose of the supplementary or decoration view associated with the attributes. This property is nil if the representedElementCategory property contains the value UICollectionView.ElementCategory.cell.

## See Also

### Identifying the referenced item

- [indexPath](uikit/uicollectionviewlayoutattributes/indexpath.md)
- [representedElementCategory](uikit/uicollectionviewlayoutattributes/representedelementcategory.md)
- [UICollectionView.ElementCategory](uikit/uicollectionview/elementcategory.md)