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# textColor

The color of the text field’s content.

```
@NSCopying var textColor: NSColor? { get set }
```

## Discussion

> Note:
> When the text field has an attributed string value, the system ignores the ``doc://com.apple.appkit/documentation/AppKit/NSTextField/textColor``, ``doc://com.apple.appkit/documentation/AppKit/NSControl/font``, ``doc://com.apple.appkit/documentation/AppKit/NSControl/alignment``, ``doc://com.apple.appkit/documentation/AppKit/NSControl/lineBreakMode``, and `lineBreakStrategy` properties. Set the <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Foundation/NSAttributedString/Key/foregroundColor>, <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Foundation/NSAttributedString/Key/font>, ``doc://com.apple.appkit/documentation/AppKit/NSMutableParagraphStyle/alignment``, ``doc://com.apple.appkit/documentation/AppKit/NSParagraphStyle/lineBreakMode``, and ``doc://com.apple.appkit/documentation/AppKit/NSParagraphStyle/lineBreakStrategy-swift.property`` properties in the attributed string instead.

## See Also

[`backgroundColor`](/documentation/AppKit/NSTextField/backgroundColor)

The color of the background the text field’s cell draws behind the text.

[`textColor`](/documentation/AppKit/NSTextFieldCell/textColor)

The color to use to draw the cell’s text.


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