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# setScrollable(_:)

Specifies whether the cells in the matrix are scrollable.

```
func setScrollable(_ flag: Bool)
```

## Parameters

`flag`

<doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Swift/true> to make all the cells in the receiver scrollable, so the text they contain scrolls to remain in view if the user types past the edge of the cell. If `flag` is <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Swift/false>, all cells are made nonscrolling. The prototype cell, if there is one, is also set accordingly

## See Also

[`var isScrollable: Bool`](/documentation/AppKit/NSCell/isScrollable)

A Boolean value indicating whether excess text scrolls past the cell’s bounds.

[`var prototype: NSCell?`](/documentation/AppKit/NSMatrix/prototype)

The prototype cell that’s copied whenever the matrix creates a new cell.


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