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# delaysContentTouches

A Boolean value that determines whether the scroll view delays the handling of touch-down gestures.

```
var delaysContentTouches: Bool { get set }
```

## Discussion

If the value of this property is <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Swift/true>, the scroll view delays handling the touch-down gesture until it can determine if scrolling is the intent. If the value is <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Swift/false> , the scroll view immediately calls [`touchesShouldBegin(_:with:in:)`](/documentation/UIKit/UIScrollView/touchesShouldBegin(_:with:in:)). The default value is <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Swift/true>.

See the class description for a fuller discussion.

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