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# UITableViewPlaceholder

An object that contains information about a placeholder cell being inserted into a table.

```
@MainActor class UITableViewPlaceholder
```

## Overview

During a drop operation, create a [`UITableViewDropPlaceholder`](/documentation/UIKit/UITableViewDropPlaceholder) object (instead of this one) to insert placeholders into your table.

## Topics

### Creating a placeholder cell

[`-  initWithInsertionIndexPath:reuseIdentifier:rowHeight:`](/documentation/UIKit/UITableViewPlaceholder/init(insertionIndexPath:reuseIdentifier:rowHeight:))

Creates a placeholder object with the specified index path and cell-related information.

### Updating the cell’s content

[`cellUpdateHandler`](/documentation/UIKit/UITableViewPlaceholder/cellUpdateHandler)

The block that updates the contents of the placeholder cell.

## Relationships

### Conforms To

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

### Inherits From

[`NSObject-swift.class`](/documentation/ObjectiveC/NSObject-swift.class)

### Inherited By

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

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