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# PKToolPickerInkingItem

An item that represents an inking tool in the tool picker.

```
class PKToolPickerInkingItem
```

## Overview

An inking item represents a [`PKInkingTool`](/documentation/PencilKit/PKInkingTool-swift.struct) — a tool for drawing marks in a canvas view — in a [`PKToolPicker`](/documentation/PencilKit/PKToolPicker).

## Topics

### Creating an inking item

[`-  initWithInkType:color:width:`](/documentation/PencilKit/PKToolPickerInkingItem/initWithInkType:color:width:)

Creates a new inking item with the specified ink type, color, and width.

[`-  initWithInkType:color:width:identifier:`](/documentation/PencilKit/PKToolPickerInkingItem/initWithInkType:color:width:identifier:)

Creates a new inking item with the specified ink type, color, width, and identifier.

### Accessing the inking tool

[`inkingTool`](/documentation/PencilKit/PKToolPickerInkingItem/inkingTool-1hcet)

A tool for drawing on a canvas view.

[`inkingTool`](/documentation/PencilKit/PKToolPickerInkingItem/inkingTool-625y9)

A tool for drawing on a canvas view.

## Relationships

### Conforms To

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

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

[`NSObjectProtocol`](/documentation/ObjectiveC/NSObjectProtocol)

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

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

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

[`NSCopying`](/documentation/Foundation/NSCopying)

### Inherits From

[`PKToolPickerItem`](/documentation/PencilKit/PKToolPickerItem)

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