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# isAutomaticLinkDetectionEnabled

A Boolean value that enables or disables automatic link detection.

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

## Discussion

If <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Swift/true>, automatic link detection is enabled; if <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Swift/false>, it is disabled.

Automatic link detection causes strings representing URLs typed in the view to be automatically made into links to those URLs.

## See Also

  <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Foundation/NSAttributedString/url(at:effectiveRange:)>


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