---
title: kAEShowPreferences
framework: coreservices
role: symbol
role_heading: Global Variable
path: coreservices/kaeshowpreferences
---

# kAEShowPreferences

## Declaration

```swift
var kAEShowPreferences: AEEventID { get }
```

## Discussion

Discussion Event sent by the macOS to a process when the user chooses the Preferences item for that process. Carbon applications that handle the Preferences command can install an Apple event handler for this event, but they more commonly install a Carbon event handler for kEventCommandProcess and check for the kHICommandPreferences command ID.