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# NSViewFocusDidChangeNotification

Deprecated in macOS 10.4 and later. Posted for an `NSView` object and each of its descendants (recursively) whenever the frame or bounds geometry of the view changed.

```
extern NSNotificationName NSViewFocusDidChangeNotification;
```

## Discussion

Instead use `NSViewBoundsDidChangeNotification` and `NSViewFrameDidChangeNotification` to get the same information provided by this notification.

The notification object is the view whose geometry changed. This notification does not contain a `userInfo` dictionary.

## See Also

[`frameDidChangeNotification`](/documentation/AppKit/NSView/frameDidChangeNotification)

A notification that posts when the view’s frame rectangle changes to a new value.

[`boundsDidChangeNotification`](/documentation/AppKit/NSView/boundsDidChangeNotification)

A notification that posts when the view’s bounds rectangle changes to a new value independently of the frame rectangle.


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