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# isRichText

A Boolean value that controls whether the text views sharing the receiver’s layout manager allow the user to apply attributes to specific ranges of text.

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

## Discussion

Text fields that don’t allow rich text also don’t accept dragged files. By default, text views let the user apply multiple attributes to text, but don’t accept dragged files.

## See Also

[`textStorage`](/documentation/AppKit/NSTextView/textStorage)

The receiver’s text storage object.


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