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# UIPress.Phase

Constants that represent the phases of a button press.

```
enum Phase
```

## Topics

### Constants

[`UIPressPhaseBegan`](/documentation/UIKit/UIPress/Phase-swift.enum/began)

A physical button was pressed.

[`UIPressPhaseChanged`](/documentation/UIKit/UIPress/Phase-swift.enum/changed)

A button moved, or the force property changed.

[`UIPressPhaseStationary`](/documentation/UIKit/UIPress/Phase-swift.enum/stationary)

A button was pressed but hasn’t moved since the previous event.

[`UIPressPhaseEnded`](/documentation/UIKit/UIPress/Phase-swift.enum/ended)

A button was released.

[`UIPressPhaseCancelled`](/documentation/UIKit/UIPress/Phase-swift.enum/cancelled)

The system canceled tracking for the button.

## Relationships

### Conforms To

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

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

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

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

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

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

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