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# setFrameFromContentFrame(_:)

Places the receiver so its content view lies on the specified frame.

```
func setFrameFromContentFrame(_ contentFrame: NSRect)
```

## Parameters

`contentFrame`

The rectangle specifying the frame of the box’s content view, reckoned in the coordinate system of the box’s superview. The box is marked for redisplay.

## See Also

[`var contentViewMargins: NSSize`](/documentation/AppKit/NSBox/contentViewMargins)

The distances between the border and the content view.

[`var needsDisplay: Bool`](/documentation/AppKit/NSView/needsDisplay)

A Boolean value that determines whether the view needs to be redrawn before being displayed.

[`var frame: NSRect`](/documentation/AppKit/NSView/frame)

The view’s frame rectangle, which defines its position and size in its superview’s coordinate system.


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