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# NSGridColumn

A column within a grid view.

```
@MainActor class NSGridColumn
```

## Topics

### Instance Properties

[`gridView`](/documentation/AppKit/NSGridColumn/gridView)

[`hidden`](/documentation/AppKit/NSGridColumn/isHidden)

[`leadingPadding`](/documentation/AppKit/NSGridColumn/leadingPadding)

[`numberOfCells`](/documentation/AppKit/NSGridColumn/numberOfCells)

[`trailingPadding`](/documentation/AppKit/NSGridColumn/trailingPadding)

[`width`](/documentation/AppKit/NSGridColumn/width)

[`xPlacement`](/documentation/AppKit/NSGridColumn/xPlacement)

### Instance Methods

[`-  cellAtIndex:`](/documentation/AppKit/NSGridColumn/cell(at:))

[`-  mergeCellsInRange:`](/documentation/AppKit/NSGridColumn/mergeCells(in:))

## Relationships

### Conforms To

[`NSCoding`](/documentation/Foundation/NSCoding)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

### Inherits From

[`NSObject-swift.class`](/documentation/ObjectiveC/NSObject-swift.class)

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