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# UICollectionView.ElementCategory

Constants specifying the type of view.

```
enum ElementCategory
```

## Topics

### Constants

[`UICollectionView.ElementCategory.cell`](/documentation/UIKit/UICollectionView/ElementCategory/cell)

The view is a cell.

[`UICollectionView.ElementCategory.supplementaryView`](/documentation/UIKit/UICollectionView/ElementCategory/supplementaryView)

The view is a supplementary view.

[`UICollectionView.ElementCategory.decorationView`](/documentation/UIKit/UICollectionView/ElementCategory/decorationView)

The view is a decoration view.


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