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# isEnabled

A Boolean value indicating whether the gesture recognizer is enabled.

```
var isEnabled: Bool { get set }
```

## Discussion

When the value of this property is <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Swift/true>, the gesture recognizer actively tracks touches and reports state changes to its action method. When the value of this property is <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Swift/false>, the gesture recognizer does not track events or call its action method. The default value of this property is <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Swift/true>.

If you change the value of this property to <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Swift/false> while the gesture recognizer is in the middle of tracking touch events, the gesture recognizer transitions to the [`WKGestureRecognizerState.cancelled`](/documentation/WatchKit/WKGestureRecognizerState/cancelled) state.

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