---
title: searchBarPlacement
framework: uikit
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: uikit/uisearchcontroller/searchbarplacement
---

# searchBarPlacement

The placement of the search bar in the navigation bar.

## Declaration

```swift
var searchBarPlacement: UINavigationItem.SearchBarPlacement { get }
```

## Discussion

Discussion This placement applies only when the search controller is associated with a navigation item through its searchController property.

## See Also

### Configuring the search interface

- [obscuresBackgroundDuringPresentation](uikit/uisearchcontroller/obscuresbackgroundduringpresentation.md)
- [hidesNavigationBarDuringPresentation](uikit/uisearchcontroller/hidesnavigationbarduringpresentation.md)
- [automaticallyShowsCancelButton](uikit/uisearchcontroller/automaticallyshowscancelbutton.md)
- [automaticallyShowsSearchResultsController](uikit/uisearchcontroller/automaticallyshowssearchresultscontroller.md)
- [showsSearchResultsController](uikit/uisearchcontroller/showssearchresultscontroller.md)
- [ignoresSearchSuggestionsForSearchBarPlacementStacked](uikit/uisearchcontroller/ignoressearchsuggestionsforsearchbarplacementstacked.md)
- [automaticallyShowsScopeBar](uikit/uisearchcontroller/automaticallyshowsscopebar.md)
- [scopeBarActivation](uikit/uisearchcontroller/scopebaractivation-swift.property.md)
- [UISearchController.ScopeBarActivation](uikit/uisearchcontroller/scopebaractivation-swift.enum.md)