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# UIIndirectScribbleInteractionDelegate

Methods that customize behavior on views that aren’t formally text input views.

```
protocol UIIndirectScribbleInteractionDelegate : NSObjectProtocol
```

## Topics

### Identifying Elements

[`ElementIdentifier`](/documentation/UIKit/UIIndirectScribbleInteractionDelegate-hdh/ElementIdentifier)

A unique identifier for a control that isn’t a text field in a Scribble interaction.

### Managing Focus

[`indirectScribbleInteraction(_:isElementFocused:)`](/documentation/UIKit/UIIndirectScribbleInteractionDelegate-hdh/indirectScribbleInteraction(_:isElementFocused:))

Asks the delegate if an element is currently focused, according to the internal state of the interaction’s view.

[`indirectScribbleInteraction(_:focusElementIfNeeded:referencePoint:completion:)`](/documentation/UIKit/UIIndirectScribbleInteractionDelegate-hdh/indirectScribbleInteraction(_:focusElementIfNeeded:referencePoint:completion:))

Asks the delegate to focus an element to handle text edits.

[`indirectScribbleInteraction(_:shouldDelayFocusForElement:)`](/documentation/UIKit/UIIndirectScribbleInteractionDelegate-hdh/indirectScribbleInteraction(_:shouldDelayFocusForElement:))

Allow the delegate to delay focusing an element.

### Tracking Scribble Input

[`indirectScribbleInteraction(_:willBeginWritingInElement:)`](/documentation/UIKit/UIIndirectScribbleInteractionDelegate-hdh/indirectScribbleInteraction(_:willBeginWritingInElement:))

Informs the delegate when the user begins writing.

[`indirectScribbleInteraction(_:didFinishWritingInElement:)`](/documentation/UIKit/UIIndirectScribbleInteractionDelegate-hdh/indirectScribbleInteraction(_:didFinishWritingInElement:))

Informs the delegate when the user finishes writing.

### Finding Elements and Frames

[`indirectScribbleInteraction(_:frameForElement:)`](/documentation/UIKit/UIIndirectScribbleInteractionDelegate-hdh/indirectScribbleInteraction(_:frameForElement:))

Asks the delegate to provide the frame of an element.

[`indirectScribbleInteraction(_:requestElementsIn:completion:)`](/documentation/UIKit/UIIndirectScribbleInteractionDelegate-hdh/indirectScribbleInteraction(_:requestElementsIn:completion:))

Asks the delegate to return the locations of text input elements inside the specified rectangle of the view.


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