---
title: "insertChild(_:atStartOfMenu:)"
framework: uikit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Method
path: "uikit/uimenubuilder/insertchild(_:atstartofmenu:)"
---

# insertChild(_:atStartOfMenu:)

Adds a child menu as the first element of the specified parent menu.

## Declaration

```swift
func insertChild(_ childMenu: UIMenu, atStartOfMenu parentIdentifier: UIMenu.Identifier)
```

## Parameters

- `childMenu`: The child menu to insert.
- `parentIdentifier`: The identifier of the parent menu in which to insert the child menu.

## See Also

### Inserting child menus

- [insertChild(_:atEndOfMenu:)](uikit/uimenubuilder/insertchild(_:atendofmenu:).md)