---
title: altitudeAngle
framework: uikit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: uikit/uihovergesturerecognizer/altitudeangle
---

# altitudeAngle

A value that represents the altitude angle of the hovering pointing device.

## Declaration

```swift
var altitudeAngle: CGFloat { get }
```

## Discussion

Discussion This value is 0 for devices that don’t support altitude.

## See Also

### Supporting Apple Pencil hover

- [azimuthAngle(in:)](uikit/uihovergesturerecognizer/azimuthangle(in:).md)
- [azimuthUnitVector(in:)](uikit/uihovergesturerecognizer/azimuthunitvector(in:).md)
- [rollAngle](uikit/uihovergesturerecognizer/rollangle.md)
- [zOffset](uikit/uihovergesturerecognizer/zoffset.md)