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# NSAnimationEffect

The type for standard system animation effects, which include both display and sound.

```
enum NSAnimationEffect
```

## Overview

These effects are used to indicate that an item was removed from a collection, such as a toolbar, without deleting the underlying data. See [`NSShowAnimationEffect`](/documentation/AppKit/NSShowAnimationEffect).

## Topics

### Constants

[`NSAnimationEffectDisappearingItemDefault`](/documentation/AppKit/NSAnimationEffect/disappearingItemDefault)

The default effect.

[`NSAnimationEffectPoof`](/documentation/AppKit/NSAnimationEffect/poof)

An effect showing a puff of smoke.

### Instance Methods

[`show(centeredAt:size:completionHandler:)`](/documentation/AppKit/NSAnimationEffect/show(centeredAt:size:completionHandler:))

## Relationships

### Conforms To

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

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

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

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

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

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

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