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# behavior

The actual level of Writing Tools support the system provides for your view.

```
var behavior: NSWritingToolsBehavior { get }
```

## Discussion

The system chooses this value based on the device capabilities, and takes
the value in the [`preferredBehavior`](/documentation/AppKit/NSWritingToolsCoordinator/preferredBehavior) property into consideration when
making the choice. The value in this property is never the default option,
and is instead one of the specific options such as [`NSWritingToolsBehavior.none`](/documentation/AppKit/NSWritingToolsBehavior/none),
[`NSWritingToolsBehavior.limited`](/documentation/AppKit/NSWritingToolsBehavior/limited), or [`NSWritingToolsBehavior.complete`](/documentation/AppKit/NSWritingToolsBehavior/complete).

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