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# interiorBackgroundStyle

The cell’s interior background style.

```
var interiorBackgroundStyle: NSView.BackgroundStyle { get }
```

## Discussion

The interior background style describes the surface drawn onto in the [`drawInterior(withFrame:in:)`](/documentation/AppKit/NSCell/drawInterior(withFrame:in:)) method. This is often the same as the [`backgroundStyle`](/documentation/AppKit/NSCell/backgroundStyle), but a button that draws a bezel would use a different value for this property.

In a custom button with a custom bezel you can override this property and return a different value to describe that surface. A cell that has custom interior drawing might use the value of this property to pick an image that looks good on the cell.

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