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# toggleAutomaticLinkDetection(_:)

Changes the state of automatic link detection from enabled to disabled and vice versa.

```
func toggleAutomaticLinkDetection(_ sender: Any?)
```

## Parameters

`sender`

The control sending the message; may be `nil`.

## Discussion

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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