---
title: findInteraction
framework: uikit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: uikit/uitextview/findinteraction
---

# findInteraction

The text view’s built-in find interaction.

## Declaration

```swift
var findInteraction: UIFindInteraction? { get }
```

## Discussion

Discussion Set isFindInteractionEnabled to true to enable the text view’s built-in find interaction. This method returns nil when the interaction isn’t enabled. Call presentFindNavigator(showingReplace:) on the UIFindInteraction object returned by this method to invoke the find interaction and display the find panel.

## See Also

### Supporting Find and Replace

- [isFindInteractionEnabled](uikit/uitextview/isfindinteractionenabled.md)