# DovetailCategoryAttribute Properties

- Package: [Joinery.Dovetail](/Dovetail/api/joinery.dovetail.md)
- Type: [DovetailCategoryAttribute](/Dovetail/api/joinery.dovetail/dovetailcategoryattribute.md)
- Kind: `Properties`
- Members: `1`

Defines the category of a given convention

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## Category

- Name: `Category`
- Modifiers: `get`
- Returns: [DovetailCategory](/Dovetail/api/joinery.dovetail/dovetailcategory.md)

The category of a given convention

```csharp
public DovetailCategory Category { get; }
```