---
title: "collectionView(_:contextMenuConfigurationForItemsAt:point:)"
framework: uikit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Method
path: "uikit/uicollectionviewdelegate/collectionview(_:contextmenuconfigurationforitemsat:point:)"
---

# collectionView(_:contextMenuConfigurationForItemsAt:point:)

Asks the delegate for a context-menu configuration for the items at the specified index paths.

## Declaration

```swift
optional func collectionView(_ collectionView: UICollectionView, contextMenuConfigurationForItemsAt indexPaths: [IndexPath], point: CGPoint) -> UIContextMenuConfiguration?
```

## Parameters

- `collectionView`: The collection view containing the items.
- `indexPaths`: An array of index paths corresponding to the items the menu acts on. An empty array indicates that a person is invoking the menu from a location that doesn’t map to an item index path, like the space between cells. An array with multiple index paths indicates that a person is invoking the menu on an item in a multiple selection.
- `point`: The location of the interaction in the collection view’s coordinate space.

## Mentioned in

Building a desktop-class iPad app

## Return Value

Return Value A contextual menu configuration object describing the menu to present. Returning nil prevents the interaction from beginning. Returning an empty configuration causes the interaction to begin, and then end with a cancellation effect. You can use this cancellation effect to indicate to people that it’s possible to present a menu from this element, but that there aren’t any actions currently available.

## Discussion

Discussion The system calls this method when a person invokes a context menu from the collection view. Implement this method to build a UIContextMenuConfiguration according to the index paths the system passes in to this method. The following code example shows different context-menu configurations for zero, one, and multiple index paths. func collectionView(_ collectionView: UICollectionView, contextMenuConfigurationForItemsAt indexPaths: [IndexPath], point: CGPoint) -> UIContextMenuConfiguration? {     return UIContextMenuConfiguration(actionProvider: { suggestedActions in         if indexPaths.count == 0 {             // Construct an empty-space menu.             return UIMenu(children: [                 UIAction(title: "New Folder") { _ in /* Implement the action. */ }             ])         }         else if indexPaths.count == 1 {             // Construct a single-item menu.             return UIMenu(children: [                 UIAction(title: "Copy") { _ in /* Implement the action. */ },                 UIAction(title: "Delete", attributes: .destructive) { _ in /* Implement the action. */ }             ])         }         else {             // Construct a multiple-item menu.             return UIMenu(children: [                 UIAction(title: "New Folder With Selection") { _ in /* Implement the action. */ }             ])         }     }) }

## See Also

### Managing context menus

- [Adding context menus in your app](uikit/adding-context-menus-in-your-app.md)
- [collectionView(_:willDisplayContextMenu:animator:)](uikit/uicollectionviewdelegate/collectionview(_:willdisplaycontextmenu:animator:).md)
- [collectionView(_:willEndContextMenuInteraction:animator:)](uikit/uicollectionviewdelegate/collectionview(_:willendcontextmenuinteraction:animator:).md)
- [collectionView(_:willPerformPreviewActionForMenuWith:animator:)](uikit/uicollectionviewdelegate/collectionview(_:willperformpreviewactionformenuwith:animator:).md)
- [collectionView(_:contextMenuConfiguration:highlightPreviewForItemAt:)](uikit/uicollectionviewdelegate/collectionview(_:contextmenuconfiguration:highlightpreviewforitemat:).md)
- [collectionView(_:contextMenuConfiguration:dismissalPreviewForItemAt:)](uikit/uicollectionviewdelegate/collectionview(_:contextmenuconfiguration:dismissalpreviewforitemat:).md)