---
title: standardShareMenuItem()
framework: appkit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Method
path: appkit/nsdocumentcontroller/standardsharemenuitem()
---

# standardShareMenuItem()

Returns a menu item that your app uses for sharing the current document.

## Declaration

```swift
func standardShareMenuItem() -> NSMenuItem
```

## Return Value

Return Value An NSMenuItem for the Share menu.

## Discussion

Discussion Use this method to perform custom placement of the Share menu if your NSDocument subclass returns false for allowsAutomaticShareMenu.

## See Also

### Sharing

- [allowsAutomaticShareMenu](appkit/nsdocumentcontroller/allowsautomaticsharemenu.md)