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# navigateForward(to:)

Navigates to the specific object.

```
func navigateForward(to object: Any)
```

## Parameters

`object`

The object to display.

## Discussion

Clears the [`arrangedObjects`](/documentation/AppKit/NSPageController/arrangedObjects) array after the selected index, adds the argument to that array, and sets the [`selectedIndex`](/documentation/AppKit/NSPageController/selectedIndex) to the object’s index.

## See Also

[`takeSelectedIndexFrom(_:)`](/documentation/AppKit/NSPageController/takeSelectedIndexFrom(_:))

Navigates to the selected index, which is taken from the sender.

[`navigateBack(_:)`](/documentation/AppKit/NSPageController/navigateBack(_:))

Navigates backwards in the page controller’s arranged objects array.

[`navigateForward(_:)`](/documentation/AppKit/NSPageController/navigateForward(_:))

Navigates to the next object in the page controller’s arranged objects array, if appropriate.


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