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# textSelectionAffinity

A representation of the direction or association of a selection or cursor
relative to a text character. This concept becomes much more prominent
when dealing with bidirectional text (text that contains both LTR and RTL
scripts, like English and Arabic combined).

```
var textSelectionAffinity: TextSelectionAffinity { get set }
```

## Discussion

You can configure the selection affinity on a given hierarchy by using
the [`textSelectionAffinity(_:)`](/documentation/SwiftUI/View/textSelectionAffinity(_:)) modifier.

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