---
title: canBecomeFocused
framework: uikit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: uikit/uiview/canbecomefocused
---

# canBecomeFocused

A Boolean value that indicates whether the view is currently capable of being focused.

## Declaration

```swift
var canBecomeFocused: Bool { get }
```

## Discussion

Discussion The value of this property is true if the view can become focused; false otherwise. By default, the value of this property is false. This property informs the focus engine if a view is capable of being focused. Sometimes even if a view returns true, a view may not be focusable for the following reasons: The view is hidden. The view has alpha set to 0. The view has userInteractionEnabled set to false. The view is not currently in the view hierarchy.

## See Also

### Working with focus

- [inheritedAnimationDuration](uikit/uiview/inheritedanimationduration.md)
- [isFocused](uikit/uiview/isfocused.md)
- [focusGroupIdentifier](uikit/uiview/focusgroupidentifier.md)
- [focusEffect](uikit/uiview/focuseffect.md)
- [focusGroupPriority](uikit/uiview/focusgrouppriority.md)