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# renewGState()

Invalidates the view’s graphics state object, if it has one.

```
func renewGState()
```

## Discussion

The view’s graphics state object will be regenerated using [`setUpGState()`](/documentation/AppKit/NSView/setUpGState()) the next time the view is focused for drawing

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