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# keyCell

The cell that will be clicked when the user presses the Space bar.

```
var keyCell: NSCell? { get set }
```

## See Also

[`tabKeyTraversesCells`](/documentation/AppKit/NSMatrix/tabKeyTraversesCells)

A Boolean that indicates whether pressing the Tab key advances the key cell to the next selectable cell.


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