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# UITextSmartDashesType

Constants that specify the automatic conversion behavior between hyphens and en or em dashes.

```
enum UITextSmartDashesType
```

## Topics

### Constants

[`UITextSmartDashesTypeDefault`](/documentation/UIKit/UITextSmartDashesType/default)

Use the default smart dash behavior.

[`UITextSmartDashesTypeNo`](/documentation/UIKit/UITextSmartDashesType/no)

Disable smart dashes.

[`UITextSmartDashesTypeYes`](/documentation/UIKit/UITextSmartDashesType/yes)

Enable smart dashes.

## Relationships

### Conforms To

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

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

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

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

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

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

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