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# Deprecated symbols

Review symbols that are no longer in active development, and their recommended replacements.

## Overview

Although these symbols are available for use, Apple is no longer actively developing them, and may remove them in a future release. Apple recommends moving away from these symbols and using their indicated replacements instead. Check the individual symbol pages for the recommended replacements.

## Topics

### Deprecated methods

[`- (void) setEntryType:(NSInteger) type;`](/documentation/AppKit/NSCell/setEntryType:)

Sets how numeric data is formatted in the receiver and places restrictions on acceptable input.

[`- (NSInteger) entryType;`](/documentation/AppKit/NSCell/entryType)

Returns the type of data the user can type into the receiver.

[`- (BOOL) isEntryAcceptable:(NSString *) string;`](/documentation/AppKit/NSCell/isEntryAcceptable:)

Returns whether a string representing a numeric or date value is formatted in a suitable way for the cell’s entry type.

[`- (void) setFloatingPointFormat:(BOOL) autoRange left:(NSUInteger) leftDigits right:(NSUInteger) rightDigits;`](/documentation/AppKit/NSCell/setFloatingPointFormat:left:right:)

Sets the auto-ranging and floating point number format of the receiver’s cell.

[`- (void) setTitleWithMnemonic:(NSString *) stringWithAmpersand;`](/documentation/AppKit/NSCell/setTitleWithMnemonic:)

Sets the title of the receiver with one character in the string denoted as an access key.

[`- (NSString *) mnemonic;`](/documentation/AppKit/NSCell/mnemonic)

Returns the character in the receiver’s title that appears underlined for use as a mnemonic.

[`- (void) setMnemonicLocation:(NSUInteger) location;`](/documentation/AppKit/NSCell/setMnemonicLocation:)

Sets the character of the receiver’s title to be used as a mnemonic character.

[`- (NSUInteger) mnemonicLocation;`](/documentation/AppKit/NSCell/mnemonicLocation)

Returns the position of the underlined mnemonic character in the receiver’s title.

### Deprecated properties

[`var controlTint: NSControlTint`](/documentation/AppKit/NSCell/controlTint)

The cell’s control tint.

### Deprecated type aliases

[`typealias StateValue`](/documentation/AppKit/NSCell/StateValue)

Constants for specifying a cell’s state and are used mostly for buttons.

### Deprecated constants

[`class let currentControlTintDidChangeNotification: NSNotification.Name`](/documentation/AppKit/NSColor/currentControlTintDidChangeNotification)

Sent after the user changes control tint preference.


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