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# NSPasteboard.WritingOptions

Type to specify options for writing to a pasteboard.

```
struct WritingOptions
```

## Overview

For possible values, see [Pasteboard Writing Options](/documentation/AppKit/pasteboard-writing-options).

## Topics

### Options

[`NSPasteboardWritingPromised`](/documentation/AppKit/NSPasteboard/WritingOptions/promised)

Data for a type with this option is promised, not immediately written.

### Initializers

[`init(rawValue:)`](/documentation/AppKit/NSPasteboard/WritingOptions/init(rawValue:))

## Relationships

### Conforms To

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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