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# NSEditor

```
protocol NSEditor : NSObjectProtocol
```

## Topics

### Instance Methods

[`func commitEditing() -> Bool`](/documentation/AppKit/NSEditor/commitEditing())

[`func commitEditing(withDelegate: Any?, didCommit: Selector?, contextInfo: UnsafeMutableRawPointer?)`](/documentation/AppKit/NSEditor/commitEditing(withDelegate:didCommit:contextInfo:))

[`func commitEditingWithoutPresentingError() throws`](/documentation/AppKit/NSEditor/commitEditingWithoutPresentingError())

[`func discardEditing()`](/documentation/AppKit/NSEditor/discardEditing())

## Relationships

### Conforming Types

[`NSUserDefaultsController`](/documentation/AppKit/NSUserDefaultsController)

[`NSTreeController`](/documentation/AppKit/NSTreeController)

[`NSSplitViewController`](/documentation/AppKit/NSSplitViewController)

[`NSDictionaryController`](/documentation/AppKit/NSDictionaryController)

[`NSCollectionViewItem`](/documentation/AppKit/NSCollectionViewItem)

[`NSObjectController`](/documentation/AppKit/NSObjectController)

[`NSPageController`](/documentation/AppKit/NSPageController)

[`NSArrayController`](/documentation/AppKit/NSArrayController)

[`NSTitlebarAccessoryViewController`](/documentation/AppKit/NSTitlebarAccessoryViewController)

[`NSController`](/documentation/AppKit/NSController)

[`NSSplitViewItemAccessoryViewController`](/documentation/AppKit/NSSplitViewItemAccessoryViewController)

[`NSViewController`](/documentation/AppKit/NSViewController)

[`NSTabViewController`](/documentation/AppKit/NSTabViewController)

### Inherits From

[`NSObjectProtocol`](/documentation/ObjectiveC/NSObjectProtocol)

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