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# Text Finder Options For The Pasteboard

The following keys are used for communicating `NSTextFinder` search options via pasteboard. Use the [`textFinderOptions`](/documentation/AppKit/NSPasteboard/PasteboardType/textFinderOptions) type

## Topics

### Constants

[`static let textFinderCaseInsensitiveKey: NSPasteboard.PasteboardType.TextFinderOptionKey`](/documentation/AppKit/NSPasteboard/PasteboardType/TextFinderOptionKey/textFinderCaseInsensitiveKey)

A Boolean value indicating whether the search is case insensitive.

[`static let textFinderMatchingTypeKey: NSPasteboard.PasteboardType.TextFinderOptionKey`](/documentation/AppKit/NSPasteboard/PasteboardType/TextFinderOptionKey/textFinderMatchingTypeKey)

A number object containing the match type to use.


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