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# NSTextSelectionManager.Mode

Values for text selection interaction modes.

```
enum Mode
```

## Overview

These modes determine how the text selection manager handles user interaction with text content.

## Topics

### Enumeration Cases

[`case editable`](/documentation/AppKit/NSTextSelectionManager/Mode/editable)

Text is editable and selectable.

[`case nonInteractive`](/documentation/AppKit/NSTextSelectionManager/Mode/nonInteractive)

Text is neither selectable nor editable.

[`case selectable`](/documentation/AppKit/NSTextSelectionManager/Mode/selectable)

Text is selectable but not editable.

### Initializers

[`init?(rawValue: Int)`](/documentation/AppKit/NSTextSelectionManager/Mode/init(rawValue:))

## Relationships

### Conforms To

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

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

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

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

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

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

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