---
title: isBlinking
framework: uikit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: uikit/uitextcursorview/isblinking
---

# isBlinking

A Boolean value that determines whether the blink animation is running.

## Declaration

```swift
var isBlinking: Bool { get set }
```

## Discussion

Discussion Set this property to true when you want the system to start animating the blink effect for the insertion point cursor. Set the property to false to stop the blink animation.

## See Also

### Determining the animation state

- [resetBlinkAnimation()](uikit/uitextcursorview/resetblinkanimation().md)