---
title: keyboardDismissPadding
framework: uikit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: uikit/uikeyboardlayoutguide/keyboarddismisspadding
---

# keyboardDismissPadding

A value that adds padding above the keyboard to increase the size of the touch area for the scrolling dismissal gesture.

## Declaration

```swift
var keyboardDismissPadding: CGFloat { get set }
```

## Discussion

Discussion Defaults to 0. The system treats negative values as 0.