---
title: disabledBackground
framework: uikit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: uikit/uitextfield/disabledbackground
---

# disabledBackground

The image that represents the background appearance of the text field when it is in a disabled state.

## Declaration

```swift
var disabledBackground: UIImage? { get set }
```

## Discussion

Discussion Background images are drawn in the border rectangle portion of the text field. Images you use for the text field’s background should be able to stretch to fit. This property is ignored if the background property is not also set. This property is set to nil by default.

## See Also

### Setting the view’s background appearance

- [borderStyle](uikit/uitextfield/borderstyle-swift.property.md)
- [background](uikit/uitextfield/background.md)