---
title: textInputView
framework: uikit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: uikit/uitextinput/textinputview
---

# textInputView

An affiliated view that provides a coordinate system for all geometric values in the protocol.

## Declaration

```swift
optional var textInputView: UIView { get }
```

## Discussion

Discussion The view that both draws the text and provides a coordinate system for all geometric values in this protocol. (This is typically an instance of the UITextInput-adopting class.) If this property is unimplemented, the first view in the responder chain is selected.