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# endEditing()

Ends the buffering of changes to the string’s characters and attributes.

```
func endEditing()
```

## Discussion

Override this method in a subclass to consolidate changes made since a previous call to [`beginEditing()`](/documentation/Foundation/NSMutableAttributedString/beginEditing()). When you call this method, the string notifies observers of the changes.

The default implementation of this method does nothing. Subclasses such as <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/AppKit/NSTextStorage> override this method and use it to tell the layout manager to update the text layout.

## See Also

  <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/AppKit/NSTextStorage/processEditing()>


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