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# Style dictionary keys

A dictionary that contains properties that define text style characteristics.

## Discussion

The style <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Foundation/NSDictionary> object is used for providing styling information for marked text ([`markedTextStyle`](/documentation/UIKit/UITextInput/markedTextStyle) property) and for providing text-styling information at a certain position ([`textStyling(at:in:)`](/documentation/UIKit/UITextInput/textStyling(at:in:)) method).

## Topics

### Constants

[`let UITextInputTextBackgroundColorKey: String`](/documentation/UIKit/UITextInputTextBackgroundColorKey)

The background color of the text.

[`let UITextInputTextColorKey: String`](/documentation/UIKit/UITextInputTextColorKey)

The color of the text.

[`let UITextInputTextFontKey: String`](/documentation/UIKit/UITextInputTextFontKey)

The font of the text.


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