---
title: UIFocusEffect
framework: uikit
role: symbol
role_heading: Class
path: uikit/uifocuseffect
---

# UIFocusEffect

The base class for defining a visual focus effect.

## Declaration

```swift
class UIFocusEffect
```

## Relationships

### Inherits From

- [NSObject](objectivec/nsobject-swift.class.md)

### Inherited By

- [UIFocusHaloEffect](uikit/uifocushaloeffect.md)

### Conforms To

- [CVarArg](swift/cvararg.md)
- [CustomDebugStringConvertible](swift/customdebugstringconvertible.md)
- [CustomStringConvertible](swift/customstringconvertible.md)
- [Equatable](swift/equatable.md)
- [Hashable](swift/hashable.md)
- [NSCopying](foundation/nscopying.md)
- [NSObjectProtocol](objectivec/nsobjectprotocol.md)

## See Also

### Focus effects

- [UIFocusHaloEffect](uikit/uifocushaloeffect.md)
- [UIFocusHaloEffect.Position](uikit/uifocushaloeffect/position-swift.enum.md)