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# QLPreviewViewStyle

Styles for a Preview View.

```
enum QLPreviewViewStyle
```

## Topics

### Choosing a Preview Style

[`case normal`](/documentation/QuickLookUI/QLPreviewViewStyle/normal)

Provides the default preview style for larger, full-sized previews.

[`case compact`](/documentation/QuickLookUI/QLPreviewViewStyle/compact)

Provides a compact preview style suited for smaller previews or inspectors.

### Initializers

[`init?(rawValue: UInt)`](/documentation/QuickLookUI/QLPreviewViewStyle/init(rawValue:))

## Relationships

### Conforms To

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

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

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

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

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

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

---

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