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# NSBrowserCell

The user interface of a browser.

```
class NSBrowserCell
```

## Overview

The [`NSBrowserCell`](/documentation/AppKit/NSBrowserCell) class is the subclass of [`NSCell`](/documentation/AppKit/NSCell) used by default to display data in the columns of an [`NSBrowser`](/documentation/AppKit/NSBrowser) object. (Each column contains an [`NSMatrix`](/documentation/AppKit/NSMatrix) object filled with [`NSBrowserCell`](/documentation/AppKit/NSBrowserCell) objects.)

## Topics

### Getting Browser Cell Information

[`branchImage`](/documentation/AppKit/NSBrowserCell/branchImage)

Returns the default image for branch cells in a browser.

[`highlightedBranchImage`](/documentation/AppKit/NSBrowserCell/highlightedBranchImage)

Returns the default image for branch browser cells that are highlighted.

### Configuring Browser Cells

[`image`](/documentation/AppKit/NSBrowserCell/image)

The browser cell’s image.

[`alternateImage`](/documentation/AppKit/NSBrowserCell/alternateImage)

The browser cell’s image for the highlighted state.

### Managing Browser Cell State

[`reset()`](/documentation/AppKit/NSBrowserCell/reset())

Unhighlights the receiver and unsets its state.

[`set()`](/documentation/AppKit/NSBrowserCell/set())

Highlights the receiver and sets its state.

[`isLeaf`](/documentation/AppKit/NSBrowserCell/isLeaf)

A Boolean that indicates whether the browser cell is a leaf or a branch cell.

[`isLoaded`](/documentation/AppKit/NSBrowserCell/isLoaded)

A Boolean that indicates whether the cell is ready to display.

[`highlightColor(in:)`](/documentation/AppKit/NSBrowserCell/highlightColor(in:))

Returns the highlight color that the receiver wants to display.

### Initializers

[`init(coder:)`](/documentation/AppKit/NSBrowserCell/init(coder:))

[`init(imageCell:)`](/documentation/AppKit/NSBrowserCell/init(imageCell:))

[`init(textCell:)`](/documentation/AppKit/NSBrowserCell/init(textCell:))


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