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# NSTextAttachmentContainer

A set of methods that defines the interface to text attachment objects from a layout manager.

```
protocol NSTextAttachmentContainer : NSObjectProtocol
```

## Topics

### Getting the bounds

[`attachmentBounds(for:proposedLineFragment:glyphPosition:characterIndex:)`](/documentation/AppKit/NSTextAttachmentContainer/attachmentBounds(for:proposedLineFragment:glyphPosition:characterIndex:))

Returns the layout bounds of the text attachment to the layout manager.

### Getting the image

[`image(forBounds:textContainer:characterIndex:)`](/documentation/AppKit/NSTextAttachmentContainer/image(forBounds:textContainer:characterIndex:))

Returns the image object that the layout manager renders in the specified image bounds rectangle inside the text container.


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