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# layoutManager

The layout manager that lays out text for the receiver’s text container.

```
unowned(unsafe) var layoutManager: NSLayoutManager? { get }
```

## See Also

[`layoutManager`](/documentation/AppKit/NSTextContainer/layoutManager)

The text container’s layout manager.

[`replaceLayoutManager(_:)`](/documentation/AppKit/NSTextContainer/replaceLayoutManager(_:))

Replaces the layout manager for the group of text system objects that contains the text container.


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