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# view

The view to which the gesture recognizer is attached.

```
var view: NSView? { get }
```

## Discussion

To attach a gesture recognizer to a view, call the [`addGestureRecognizer(_:)`](/documentation/AppKit/NSView/addGestureRecognizer(_:)) method of the view. If the gesture recognizer is not attached to a view, the value in this property is `nil`.

## See Also

[`location(in:)`](/documentation/AppKit/NSGestureRecognizer/location(in:))

Returns the point computed as the location of the gesture.


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