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# ABPersonView

An object that provides a view for displaying and editing contacts.

```
class ABPersonView
```

## Overview> Note:
> You should not override the <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/AppKit/NSWindow/fieldEditor(_:for:)> method of the window that contains this view.

## Topics

### Working with Person Views

[`editing`](/documentation/AddressBook/ABPersonView/editing)

A Boolean value that indicates whether the person view is in editing mode.

[`person`](/documentation/AddressBook/ABPersonView/person)

The contact record being displayed.

[`shouldShowLinkedPeople`](/documentation/AddressBook/ABPersonView/shouldShowLinkedPeople)

Indicates whether the person view should display data from person records that are linked with the person record being displayed.

## Relationships

### Conforms To

[`NSAccessibilityProtocol`](/documentation/AppKit/NSAccessibilityProtocol)

[`NSTouchBarProvider`](/documentation/AppKit/NSTouchBarProvider)

[`NSAccessibilityElementProtocol`](/documentation/AppKit/NSAccessibilityElementProtocol)

[`NSObjectProtocol`](/documentation/ObjectiveC/NSObjectProtocol)

[`NSStandardKeyBindingResponding`](/documentation/AppKit/NSStandardKeyBindingResponding)

[`NSUserActivityRestoring`](/documentation/AppKit/NSUserActivityRestoring)

[`CustomDebugStringConvertible`](/documentation/Swift/CustomDebugStringConvertible)

[`NSCoding`](/documentation/Foundation/NSCoding)

[`NSAnimatablePropertyContainer`](/documentation/AppKit/NSAnimatablePropertyContainer)

[`CVarArg`](/documentation/Swift/CVarArg)

[`NSAppearanceCustomization`](/documentation/AppKit/NSAppearanceCustomization)

[`NSDraggingDestination`](/documentation/AppKit/NSDraggingDestination)

[`CustomStringConvertible`](/documentation/Swift/CustomStringConvertible)

[`NSUserInterfaceItemIdentification`](/documentation/AppKit/NSUserInterfaceItemIdentification)

[`Hashable`](/documentation/Swift/Hashable)

[`Equatable`](/documentation/Swift/Equatable)

### Inherits From

[`NSView`](/documentation/AppKit/NSView)

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