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# isIgnoringInteractionEvents

A Boolean value that indicates whether the receiver is ignoring events initiated by touches on the screen.

```
var isIgnoringInteractionEvents: Bool { get }
```

## Discussion

The value of this property is

<doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Swift/true> if the receiver is ignoring interaction events and if the nested [`beginIgnoringInteractionEvents()`](/documentation/UIKit/UIApplication/beginIgnoringInteractionEvents()) and [`endIgnoringInteractionEvents()`](/documentation/UIKit/UIApplication/endIgnoringInteractionEvents()) calls are at least one level deep; otherwise, <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Swift/false>.

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