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# NSTouchBarItem.Priority

Priorities for the visibility of a Touch Bar item.

```
struct Priority
```

## Discussion

Use these constants to set the [`visibilityPriority`](/documentation/AppKit/NSTouchBarItem/visibilityPriority) property of an [`NSTouchBarItem`](/documentation/AppKit/NSTouchBarItem) instance. The Touch Bar hides items of lower priority when there isn’t enough space to show all items.

## Topics

### Priorities

[`NSTouchBarItemPriorityLow`](/documentation/AppKit/NSTouchBarItem/Priority/low)

A constant indicating a low visibility priority.

[`NSTouchBarItemPriorityNormal`](/documentation/AppKit/NSTouchBarItem/Priority/normal)

A constant indicating a normal visibility priority.

[`NSTouchBarItemPriorityHigh`](/documentation/AppKit/NSTouchBarItem/Priority/high)

A constant indicating a high visibility priority.

### Initializers

[`init(_:)`](/documentation/AppKit/NSTouchBarItem/Priority/init(_:))

Creates a new priority structure from the given value.

[`init(rawValue:)`](/documentation/AppKit/NSTouchBarItem/Priority/init(rawValue:))

Creates a new priority structure from the given raw value.

## Relationships

### Conforms To

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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