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# UIPencilPreferredAction.ignore

An action that does nothing.

```
case ignore
```

## Discussion

The system returns this action if any of the following conditions are true:

- The Apple Pencil doesn’t have a configured preferred action.
- The iPad’s accessibility settings disable Apple Pencil interactions.

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