---
title: menuBarOwningApplication
framework: appkit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: appkit/nsworkspace/menubarowningapplication
---

# menuBarOwningApplication

Returns the app that owns the currently displayed menu bar.

## Declaration

```swift
var menuBarOwningApplication: NSRunningApplication? { get }
```

## Discussion

Discussion This property contains the running app instance for the app that owns the displayed menu bar. This value is key-value observing compliant.

## See Also

### Requesting Information

- [urlForApplication(toOpen:)](appkit/nsworkspace/urlforapplication(toopen:)-7qkzf.md)
- [urlForApplication(toOpen:)](appkit/nsworkspace/urlforapplication(toopen:)-95cvp.md)
- [urlForApplication(withBundleIdentifier:)](appkit/nsworkspace/urlforapplication(withbundleidentifier:).md)
- [urlsForApplications(toOpen:)](appkit/nsworkspace/urlsforapplications(toopen:)-ualk.md)
- [urlsForApplications(toOpen:)](appkit/nsworkspace/urlsforapplications(toopen:)-60rkm.md)
- [urlsForApplications(withBundleIdentifier:)](appkit/nsworkspace/urlsforapplications(withbundleidentifier:).md)
- [getFileSystemInfo(forPath:isRemovable:isWritable:isUnmountable:description:type:)](appkit/nsworkspace/getfilesysteminfo(forpath:isremovable:iswritable:isunmountable:description:type:).md)
- [isFilePackage(atPath:)](appkit/nsworkspace/isfilepackage(atpath:).md)
- [frontmostApplication](appkit/nsworkspace/frontmostapplication.md)
- [runningApplications](appkit/nsworkspace/runningapplications.md)
- [getInfoForFile(_:application:type:)](appkit/nsworkspace/getinfoforfile(_:application:type:).md)