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# textStorage

The text storage object that contains the content to lay out.

```
unowned(unsafe) var textStorage: NSTextStorage? { get set }
```

## See Also

[`func addLayoutManager(NSLayoutManager)`](/documentation/UIKit/NSTextStorage/addLayoutManager(_:))

Adds a layout manager to the text storage object’s set of layout managers.


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