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# NSFocusRingPlacement

Constants that indicate how the system draws the focus ring.

```
enum NSFocusRingPlacement
```

## Topics

### Constants

[`NSFocusRingAbove`](/documentation/AppKit/NSFocusRingPlacement/above)

Draw the focus ring over an image.

[`NSFocusRingBelow`](/documentation/AppKit/NSFocusRingPlacement/below)

Draw the focus ring under text.

[`NSFocusRingOnly`](/documentation/AppKit/NSFocusRingPlacement/only)

Draw the focus ring if you don’t have an image or text.

### Options for Drawing

[`NSSetFocusRingStyle`](/documentation/AppKit/NSFocusRingPlacement/set())

Specifies how the system draws the focus ring.

## Relationships

### Conforms To

[`BitwiseCopyable`](/documentation/Swift/BitwiseCopyable)

[`Equatable`](/documentation/Swift/Equatable)

[`Sendable`](/documentation/Swift/Sendable)

[`RawRepresentable`](/documentation/Swift/RawRepresentable)

[`Hashable`](/documentation/Swift/Hashable)

[`SendableMetatype`](/documentation/Swift/SendableMetatype)

---

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