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# editingStyle

The editing style of the cell.

```
var editingStyle: UITableViewCell.EditingStyle { get }
```

## Discussion

One of the constants described in [`UITableViewCell.EditingStyle`](/documentation/UIKit/UITableViewCell/EditingStyle-swift.enum) is used as the value of this property; it specifies whether the cell is in an editable state and, if it is, whether it shows an insertion or deletion control. The default value is [`UITableViewCell.EditingStyle.none`](/documentation/UIKit/UITableViewCell/EditingStyle-swift.enum/none) (not editable). The delegate returns the value of this property for a particular cell in its implementation of the [`tableView(_:editingStyleForRowAt:)`](/documentation/UIKit/UITableViewDelegate/tableView(_:editingStyleForRowAt:)) method.

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