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# findInteraction

The text view’s built-in find interaction.

```
var findInteraction: UIFindInteraction? { get }
```

## Discussion

Set [`isFindInteractionEnabled`](/documentation/UIKit/UITextView/isFindInteractionEnabled) to `true` to enable the text view’s built-in find interaction. This method returns `nil` when the interaction isn’t enabled.

Call [`presentFindNavigator(showingReplace:)`](/documentation/UIKit/UIFindInteraction/presentFindNavigator(showingReplace:)) on the [`UIFindInteraction`](/documentation/UIKit/UIFindInteraction) object returned by this method to invoke the find interaction and display the find panel.

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