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# webViewDidBeginEditing(_:)

Sent by the default notification center when the user begins editing the web view.

```
optional func webViewDidBeginEditing(_ notification: Notification!)
```

## Parameters

`notification`

Always set to [`WebViewDidBeginEditingNotification`](/documentation/WebKit/WebViewDidBeginEditingNotification). You can retrieve the `WebView` object by sending `object` to `notification`.

## See Also

[`webView(_:shouldBeginEditingIn:)`](/documentation/WebKit/WebEditingDelegate/webView(_:shouldBeginEditingIn:))

Returns whether the user is allowed to edit a range of content in a web view.

[`webViewDidEndEditing(_:)`](/documentation/WebKit/WebEditingDelegate/webViewDidEndEditing(_:))

Sent by the default notification center when the user stops editing the web view.


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