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# UICollectionViewDropProposal

Your proposed solution for handling a drop in a collection view.

```
@MainActor class UICollectionViewDropProposal
```

## Overview

Create instances of this class in the [`collectionView(_:dropSessionDidUpdate:withDestinationIndexPath:)`](/documentation/UIKit/UICollectionViewDropDelegate/collectionView(_:dropSessionDidUpdate:withDestinationIndexPath:)) method of your drop delegate object. You create drop proposals to let the collection view know how you intend to handle a drop at the currently specified location. The collection view uses that information to provide appropriate visual feedback to the user.

## Topics

### Creating a Drop Proposal

[`-  initWithDropOperation:intent:`](/documentation/UIKit/UICollectionViewDropProposal/init(operation:intent:))

Creates a drop proposal object that specifies how to incorporate the dropped content.

### Getting the Proposed Drop Location

[`intent`](/documentation/UIKit/UICollectionViewDropProposal/intent-swift.property)

The option to use when incorporating the dropped items into your content.

[`Intent`](/documentation/UIKit/UICollectionViewDropProposal/Intent-swift.enum)

Constants indicating how you intend to handle a drop.

[`UIDropOperation`](/documentation/UIKit/UIDropOperation)

Operation types that determine how a drag and drop activity resolves when the user drops a drag item.

## Relationships

### Conforms To

[`NSObjectProtocol`](/documentation/ObjectiveC/NSObjectProtocol)

[`SendableMetatype`](/documentation/Swift/SendableMetatype)

[`NSCopying`](/documentation/Foundation/NSCopying)

[`CustomStringConvertible`](/documentation/Swift/CustomStringConvertible)

[`CustomDebugStringConvertible`](/documentation/Swift/CustomDebugStringConvertible)

[`CVarArg`](/documentation/Swift/CVarArg)

[`Hashable`](/documentation/Swift/Hashable)

[`Equatable`](/documentation/Swift/Equatable)

[`Sendable`](/documentation/Swift/Sendable)

### Inherits From

[`UIDropProposal`](/documentation/UIKit/UIDropProposal)

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