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# NSFileProviderItemCapabilities

An item’s capabilities, which define the actions that the user can perform in the document browser.

```
struct NSFileProviderItemCapabilities
```

## Topics

### Initializers

[`init(rawValue:)`](/documentation/FileProvider/NSFileProviderItemCapabilities/init(rawValue:))

Returns a newly created item capabilities value.

### Constants

[`allowsAddingSubItems`](/documentation/FileProvider/NSFileProviderItemCapabilities/allowsAddingSubItems)

A value indicating that the user can add subitems.

[`allowsContentEnumerating`](/documentation/FileProvider/NSFileProviderItemCapabilities/allowsContentEnumerating)

A value indicating that the item’s contents can be enumerated.

[`allowsDeleting`](/documentation/FileProvider/NSFileProviderItemCapabilities/allowsDeleting)

A value indicating that the item can be deleted.

[`allowsEvicting`](/documentation/FileProvider/NSFileProviderItemCapabilities/allowsEvicting)

A value indicating that the system can delete the local copy of the item.

[`allowsReading`](/documentation/FileProvider/NSFileProviderItemCapabilities/allowsReading)

A value indicating that the value can be read from.

[`allowsRenaming`](/documentation/FileProvider/NSFileProviderItemCapabilities/allowsRenaming)

A value indicating that the item can be renamed.

[`allowsReparenting`](/documentation/FileProvider/NSFileProviderItemCapabilities/allowsReparenting)

A value indicating that the item can be moved.

[`allowsTrashing`](/documentation/FileProvider/NSFileProviderItemCapabilities/allowsTrashing)

A value indicating that the item can be moved to the trash.

[`allowsWriting`](/documentation/FileProvider/NSFileProviderItemCapabilities/allowsWriting)

A value indicating that the item can be written to.

[`allowsExcludingFromSync`](/documentation/FileProvider/NSFileProviderItemCapabilities/allowsExcludingFromSync)

A value indicating that the user can exclude the item from sync operations.

[`allowsAll`](/documentation/FileProvider/NSFileProviderItemCapabilities/allowsAll)

A convenience value for enabling all capabilities.


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