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# isFullKeyboardAccessEnabled

A Boolean value indicating whether Full Keyboard Access is enabled in the Keyboard preference pane.

```
var isFullKeyboardAccessEnabled: Bool { get }
```

## Discussion

The value of this property is <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Swift/true> if Full Keyboard Access is enabled or <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Swift/false> if it’s not. You might use this value to implement your own key loop or to implement in-control tabbing behavior similar to [`NSTableView`](/documentation/AppKit/NSTableView). Because of the nature of the preference storage, you won’t be notified of changes to this property if you attempt to observe it through key-value observing; however, accessing this property is fairly inexpensive, so you can access it directly rather than caching it.

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