# setCollisionByProperty isnt working the way I believe it does

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**Category:** Phaser 3\
**Created:** [May 9, 2022, 4:11pm UTC](https://phaser.discourse.group/t/setcollisionbyproperty-isnt-working-the-way-i-believe-it-does/11668 "2022-05-09T16:11:00Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 9, 2022, 4:11pm UTC](https://phaser.discourse.group/t/setcollisionbyproperty-isnt-working-the-way-i-believe-it-does/11668/1 "2022-05-09T16:11:01Z")

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When I use “setCollisionByProperty” on a layer it doesnt change any of the collision keys on the tile objects. However if I use ‘forEachTile’ and set the keys to true myself it works. Is there something I am missing? Picture below shows my code and map.  
Thank you!

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**Post date:** [May 9, 2022, 4:27pm UTC](https://phaser.discourse.group/t/setcollisionbyproperty-isnt-working-the-way-i-believe-it-does/11668/2 "2022-05-09T16:27:08Z")

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👋

Add

```
console.log(tile.properties);

```

What do you see?

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**Post date:** [May 9, 2022, 4:56pm UTC](https://phaser.discourse.group/t/setcollisionbyproperty-isnt-working-the-way-i-believe-it-does/11668/3 "2022-05-09T16:56:24Z")

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This is what is returned. There is nothing in properties.

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**Post date:** [May 9, 2022, 5:10pm UTC](https://phaser.discourse.group/t/setcollisionbyproperty-isnt-working-the-way-i-believe-it-does/11668/4 "2022-05-09T17:10:09Z")

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Did you set tile properties in Tiled?

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**Post date:** [May 9, 2022, 5:16pm UTC](https://phaser.discourse.group/t/setcollisionbyproperty-isnt-working-the-way-i-believe-it-does/11668/5 "2022-05-09T17:16:06Z")

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No I didn’t the tutorial I followed didn’t mention it or I missed it. Here is how my TIled looks right now.

I am assuming I have to add “canCollide” into custom properties? Are there any other custom properties I should add while I am doing this?

When ever I add anything to custom properties it appears in the properties in layer. tile → layer → properties

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**Post date:** [May 9, 2022, 6:02pm UTC](https://phaser.discourse.group/t/setcollisionbyproperty-isnt-working-the-way-i-believe-it-does/11668/6 "2022-05-09T18:02:53Z")

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I think you select a tile in the tileset panel first.

You can assign any property as long you use the same in your code.