Instance Method

temporaryAttributes(atCharacterIndex:effectiveRange:)

Returns the dictionary of temporary attributes for the character range specified in effectiveCharRange at character index charIndex.

Declaration

func temporaryAttributes(atCharacterIndex charIndex: Int, effectiveRange effectiveCharRange: NSRangePointer?) -> [NSAttributedString.Key : Any]

Return Value

The dictionary of temporary attributes for the character range specified in effectiveCharRange at character index charIndex.

Discussion

Temporary attributes are used only for onscreen drawing and are not persistent in any way. NSTextView uses them to color misspelled words when continuous spell checking is enabled. Currently the only temporary attributes recognized are those that do not affect layout (colors, underlines, and so on).

See Also

Managing Temporary Attribute Support

func addTemporaryAttributes([NSAttributedString.Key : Any], forCharacterRange: NSRange)

Appends one or more temporary attributes to the attributes dictionary of the specified character range.

func addTemporaryAttribute(NSAttributedString.Key, value: Any, forCharacterRange: NSRange)

Adds a temporary attribute with the given name and value to the characters in the specified range.

func setTemporaryAttributes([NSAttributedString.Key : Any], forCharacterRange: NSRange)

Sets one or more temporary attributes for the specified character range.

func removeTemporaryAttribute(NSAttributedString.Key, forCharacterRange: NSRange)

Removes a temporary attribute from the list of attributes for the specified character range.

func temporaryAttribute(NSAttributedString.Key, atCharacterIndex: Int, effectiveRange: NSRangePointer?) -> Any?

Returns the value for the temporary attribute with a given name of the character at a given index, and by reference the range over which the attribute applies.

func temporaryAttribute(NSAttributedString.Key, atCharacterIndex: Int, longestEffectiveRange: NSRangePointer?, in: NSRange) -> Any?

Returns the value for the temporary attribute with a given name of the character at a given index, and by reference the maximum range over which the attribute applies.

func temporaryAttributes(atCharacterIndex: Int, longestEffectiveRange: NSRangePointer?, in: NSRange) -> [NSAttributedString.Key : Any]

Returns the temporary attributes for the character at a given index, and by reference the maximum range over which the attributes apply.