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# left

Scroll so that the left edge of the selected items’ bounding box is adjacent to the left edge of the collection view’s bounds. This option must not be combined with the [`centeredHorizontally`](/documentation/AppKit/NSCollectionView/ScrollPosition/centeredHorizontally), [`right`](/documentation/AppKit/NSCollectionView/ScrollPosition/right), [`leadingEdge`](/documentation/AppKit/NSCollectionView/ScrollPosition/leadingEdge), [`trailingEdge`](/documentation/AppKit/NSCollectionView/ScrollPosition/trailingEdge), or [`nearestVerticalEdge`](/documentation/AppKit/NSCollectionView/ScrollPosition/nearestVerticalEdge) options, but may be combined with other options.

```
static var left: NSCollectionView.ScrollPosition { get }
```

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