At WWDC25 we launched a new type of Lab event for the developer community - Group Labs. A Group Lab is a panel Q&A designed for a large audience of developers. Group Labs are a unique opportunity for the community to submit questions directly to a panel of Apple engineers and designers. Here are the highlights from the WWDC25 Group Lab for SwiftUI. What's your favorite new feature introduced to SwiftUI this year? The new rich text editor, a collaborative effort across multiple Apple teams. The safe area bar, simplifying the management of scroll view insets, safe areas, and overlays. NavigationLink indicator visibility control, a highly requested feature now available and back-deployed. Performance improvements to existing components (lists, scroll views, etc.) that come "for free" without requiring API adoption. Regarding performance profiling, it's recommended to use the new SwiftUI Instruments tool when you have a good understanding of your code and notice a performance drop after a specific change. This helps build a mental map between your code and the profiler's output. The "cause-and-effect graph" in the tool is particularly useful for identifying what's triggering expensive view updates, even if the issue isn't immediately apparent in your own code. My app is primarily UIKit-based, but I'm interested in adopting some newer SwiftUI-only scene types like MenuBarExtra or using SwiftUI-exclusive features. Is there a better way to bridge these worlds now? Yes, "scene bridging" makes it possible to use SwiftUI scenes from UIKit or AppKit lifecycle apps. This allows you to display purely SwiftUI scenes from your existing UIKit/AppKit code. Furthermore, you can use SwiftUI scene-specific modifiers to affect those scenes. Scene bridging is a great way to introduce SwiftUI into your apps. This also allows UIKit apps brought to Vision OS to integrate volumes and immersive spaces. It's also a great way to customize your experience with Assistive Access API. Can you please share any bad practices we should avoid when integrating Liquid Glass in our SwiftUI Apps? Avoid these common mistakes when integrating liquid glass: Overlapping Glass: Don't overlap liquid glass elements, as this can create visual artifacts. Scrolling Content Collisions: Be cautious when using liquid glass within scrolling content to prevent collisions with toolbar and navigation bar glass. Unnecessary Tinting: Resist the urge to tint the glass for branding or other purposes. Liquid glass should primarily be used to draw attention and convey meaning. Improper Grouping: Use the GlassEffectContainer to group related glass elements. This helps the system optimize rendering by limiting the search area for glass interactions. Navigation Bar Tinting: Avoid tinting navigation bars for branding, as this conflicts with the liquid glass effect. Instead, move branding colors into the content of the scroll view. This allows the color to be visible behind the glass at the top of the view, but it moves out of the way as the user scrolls, allowing the controls to revert to their standard monochrome style for better readability. Thanks for improving the performance of SwiftUI List this year. How about LazyVStack in ScrollView? Does it now also reuse the views inside the stack? Are there any best practices for improving the performance when using LazyVStack with large number of items? SwiftUI has improved scroll performance, including idle prefetching. When using LazyVStack with a large number of items, ensure your ForEach returns a static number of views. If you're returning multiple views within the ForEach, wrap them in a VStack to signal to SwiftUI that it's a single row, allowing for optimizations. Reuse is handled as an implementation detail within SwiftUI. Use the performance instrument to identify expensive views and determine how to optimize your app. If you encounter performance issues or hitches in scrolling, use the new SwiftUI Instruments tool to diagnose the problem. Implementing the new iOS 26 tab bar seems to have very low contrast when darker content is underneath, is there anything we should be doing to increase the contrast for tab bars? The new design is still in beta. If you're experiencing low contrast issues, especially with darker content underneath, please file feedback. It's generally not recommended to modify standard system components. As all apps on the platform are adopting liquid glass, feedback is crucial for tuning the experience based on a wider range of apps. Early feedback, especially regarding contrast and accessibility, is valuable for improving the system for all users. If I’m starting a new multi-platform app (iOS/iPadOS/macOS) that will heavily depend on UIKit/AppKit for the core structure and components (split, collection, table, and outline views), should I still use SwiftUI to manage the app lifecycle? Why? Even if your new multi-platform app heavily relies on UIKit/AppKit for core structure and components, it's generally recommended to still use SwiftUI to manage the app lifecycle. This sets you up for easier integration of SwiftUI components in the future and allows you to quickly adopt new SwiftUI features. Interoperability between SwiftUI and UIKit/AppKit is a core principle, with APIs to facilitate going back and forth between the two frameworks. Scene bridging allows you to bring existing SwiftUI scenes into apps that use a UIKit lifecycle, or vice versa. Think of it not as a binary choice, but as a mix of whatever you need. I’d love to know more about the matchedTransitionSource API you’ve added - is it a native way to have elements morph from a VStack to a sheet for example? What is the use case for it? The matchedTransitionSource API helps connect different views during transitions, such as when presenting popovers or other presentations from toolbar items. It's a way to link the user interaction to the presented content. For example, it can be used to visually connect an element in a VStack to a sheet. It can also be used to create a zoom effect where an element appears to enlarge, and these transitions are fully interactive, allowing users to swipe. It creates a nice, polished experience for the user. Support for this API has been added to toolbar items this year, and it was already available for standard views.

I'm implementing a horizontal carousel in iOS 26 Beta 3 using SwiftUI ScrollView with LazyHStack. The goal is to programmatically scroll to a specific card on view load. What I'm trying to do: Display a horizontal carousel of cards using ScrollView + LazyHStack Automatically scroll to the "current" card when the view appears Use iOS 26's new ScrollPosition object for programmatic scrolling Current behavior: The ScrollPosition object receives scroll commands (confirmed via console logs) The scrollTo(id:anchor:) method executes without errors However, the ScrollView does not actually scroll - it remains at position 0 Manual scrolling and scrollTargetBehavior(.viewAligned) work perfectly Code snippet: @State private var scrollPositionObject = ScrollPosition() ScrollView(.horizontal) { LazyHStack(spacing: 16) { ForEach(cards, id: .id) { card in CardView(card: card) .id(card.id) } } .scrollTargetLayout() } .scrollPosition($scrollPositionObject) .scrollTargetBehavior(.viewAligned) .onAppear { let targetId = cards[currentIndex].id DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + 0.3) { scrollPositionObject.scrollTo(id: targetId, anchor: .center) } } Workaround that works: Using the iOS 17 scrollPosition(id:) binding instead of the ScrollPosition object: @State private var scrollPosition: UUID? .scrollPosition(id: $scrollPosition) .onAppear { scrollPosition = cards[currentIndex].id } Environment: iOS 26 Beta 3 Xcode 26 Beta 3 Physical device (iPhone 16 Pro Max) Is this a known issue with ScrollPosition in Beta 3, or am I missing something in the implementation? The older binding approach works fine, but I'd prefer to use the new ScrollPosition API if possible.

This is my code: CommandGroup(before: .printItem) { ShareLink(item: answer) .disabled(answer.isEmpty) } It works fine on Mac, when selecting the share menu from Mac, it works. But when select from iPad menu bar, nothing shows up.

Someone smarter than me please tell me if this will work... I want to have an edit screen for a SwiftData class. Auto Save is on, but I want to be able to revert changes. I have read all about sending a copy in, sending an ID and creating a new context without autosave, etc. What about simply creating a second set of ephemeral values in the actual original model. initialize them with the actual fields. Edit them and if you save changes, migrate that back to the permanent fields before returning. Don't have to manage a list of @State variables corresponding to every model field, and don't have to worry about a second model context. Anyone have any idea of the memory / performance implications of doing it this way, and if it is even possible? Does this just make a not quite simple situation even more complicated? Haven't tried yet, just got inspiration from reading some medium content on attributes on my lunch break, and wondering if I am just silly for considering it.

Is there a way to get a sheet on the side over an interactive view with a proper glass background on iPad? Ideally, including being able to drag the sheet between medium/large-height sizes (like a sheet with presentationDetents on iPhone), similar to the Maps app: I tried the NavigationSplitView like in the NavigationCookbook example. This is somewhat like it, but it's too narrow (sidebar-like) and doesn't get the full navigation bar: I also played around with .sheet and .presentationDetents and the related modifiers, thinking I could make the sheet appear to the side; but no luck here. It seems to have all the correct behaviors, but it's always presented form-like in the center: Example code for the sheet: import SwiftUI import MapKit struct ContentView: View { var body: some View { Map() .sheet(isPresented: .constant(true)) { NavigationStack { VStack { Text("Hello") NavigationLink("Show Foo") { Text("Foo") .navigationTitle("Foo") .containerBackground(Color.clear, for: .navigation) } } } .presentationDetents([.medium, .large]) .presentationBackgroundInteraction(.enabled) } } } I also tried placing the NavigationStack as an overlay and putting a .glassEffect behind it. From the first sight, this looks okay-ish on beta 3, but seems prone to tricky gotchas and edge cases around the glass effects and related transitions. Seems like not a good approach to me, building such navigational containers myself has been a way too big time-sink for me in the past... Anyway, example code for the overlay approach: import SwiftUI import MapKit struct ContentView: View { var body: some View { Map() .overlay(alignment: .topLeading) { NavigationStack { VStack { Text("Hello") NavigationLink("Show Foo") { ScrollView { VStack { ForEach(1...30, id: \.self) { no in Button("Hello world") {} .buttonStyle(.bordered) } } .frame(maxWidth: .infinity) } .navigationTitle("Foo") .containerBackground(Color.clear, for: .navigation) } } .containerBackground(Color.clear, for: .navigation) } .frame(width: 400) .frame(height: 600) .glassEffect(.regular, in: .rect(cornerRadius: 22)) .padding() } } } Do I miss something here or is this not possible currently with built-in means of the SwiftUI API?

I added a canvas view using PDFPageOverlayViewProvider. When I zoom the PDFView, the drawing is scaled, but its quality becomes blurry. How can I fix this? import SwiftUI import PDFKit import PencilKit import CoreGraphics struct ContentView: View { var body: some View { if let url = Bundle.main.url(forResource: "sample", withExtension: "pdf"), let data = try? Data(contentsOf: url), let document = PDFDocument(data: data) { PDFRepresentableView(document: document) } else { Text("fail") } } } #Preview { ContentView() } struct PDFRepresentableView: UIViewRepresentable { let document: PDFDocument let pdfView = PDFView() func makeUIView(context: Context) -> PDFView { pdfView.displayMode = .singlePageContinuous pdfView.usePageViewController(false) pdfView.displayDirection = .vertical pdfView.pageOverlayViewProvider = context.coordinator pdfView.document = document pdfView.autoScales = false pdfView.minScaleFactor = 0.7 pdfView.maxScaleFactor = 4 return pdfView } func updateUIView(_ uiView: PDFView, context: Context) { // Optional: update logic if needed } func makeCoordinator() -> CustomCoordinator { return CustomCoordinator(parent: self) } } class CustomCoordinator: NSObject, PDFPageOverlayViewProvider, PKCanvasViewDelegate { let parent: PDFRepresentableView init(parent: PDFRepresentableView) { self.parent = parent } func pdfView(_ view: PDFView, overlayViewFor page: PDFPage) -> UIView? { let result = UIView() let canvasView = PKCanvasView() canvasView.drawingPolicy = .anyInput canvasView.tool = PKInkingTool(.pen, color: .blue, width: 20) canvasView.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false result.addSubview(canvasView) NSLayoutConstraint.activate([ canvasView.leadingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: result.leadingAnchor), canvasView.trailingAnchor.constraint(equalTo: result.trailingAnchor), canvasView.topAnchor.constraint(equalTo: result.topAnchor), canvasView.bottomAnchor.constraint(equalTo: result.bottomAnchor) ]) for subView in view.documentView?.subviews ?? [] { subView.isUserInteractionEnabled = true } result.layoutIfNeeded() return result } }

This is obviously a user error, but I've been working on different possibilities for a couple of days and nothing works. The problem is my Section in the following code doesn't expand or collapse when I click on the chevron: `class AstroCat { var title: String var contents: [ String ] var isExpanded: Bool init(title: String, contents: [String], isExpanded: Bool) { self.title = title self.contents = contents self.isExpanded = isExpanded } } struct TestView: View { @Binding var isShowingTargetSelection: Bool @State var catalog: AstroCat @State private var expanded = false var body: some View { NavigationStack { List { Section(catalog.title, isExpanded: $catalog.isExpanded) { ForEach(catalog.contents, id: \.self) { object in Text(object) } } } .navigationTitle("Target") .listStyle(.sidebar) } } } #Preview { struct TestPreviewContainer : View { @State private var value = false @State var catalog = AstroCat(title: "Solar System", contents: ["Sun", "Mercury", "Venus", "Earth"], isExpanded: true) var body: some View { TestView(isShowingTargetSelection: $value, catalog: catalog) } } return TestPreviewContainer() }` If I change the "isExpanded: $catalog.isExpanded" to just use the local variable "expanded", then it works, so I think I have the basic SwiftUI pieces correct. But using a boolean inside of the class doesn't seem to work (the section just remains expanded or collapsed based on the initial value of the class variable). Any hints? Am I not specifying the binding correctly? (I've tried a bunch of alternatives) Thanks for the help, Robert

In TabView, when I open a view in a Tab, and I switch to another Tab, but the View lifecycle of the view in the old Tab is still not over, and the threads of some functions are still in the background. I want to completely end the View lifecycle of the View in the previously opened tab when switching Tab. How can I do it? Thank you!

Project minimum iOS deployment is set to 16.4. When running this simple code in console we receive "Observation tracking feedback loop detected!" and map is unusable. Run code: Map(coordinateRegion: .constant(.init())) Console report: ... Observable object key path '\_UICornerProvider.<computed 0x00000001a2768bc0 (Optional<UICoordinateSpace>)>' changed; performing invalidation for [layout] of: <_TtGC7SwiftUI21UIKitPlatformViewHostGVS_P10$1a57c8f9c32PlatformViewRepresentableAdaptorGV15_MapKit_SwiftUI8_MapViewGSaVS2_P10$24ce3fc8014AnnotationData____: 0x10acc2d00; baseClass = _TtGC5UIKit22UICorePlatformViewHostGV7SwiftUIP10$1a57c8f9c32PlatformViewRepresentableAdaptorGV15_MapKit_SwiftUI8_MapViewGSaVS3_P10$24ce3fc8014AnnotationData____; frame = (0 0; 353 595); anchorPoint = (0, 0); tintColor = UIExtendedSRGBColorSpace 0.333333 0.333333 0.333333 1; layer = <CALayer: 0x12443a430>> Observable object key path '\_UICornerProvider.<computed 0x00000001a2768bc0 (Optional<UICoordinateSpace>)>' changed; performing invalidation for [layout] of: <_MapKit_SwiftUI._SwiftUIMKMapView: 0x10ae8ce00; frame = (0 0; 353 595); clipsToBounds = YES; autoresize = W+H; layer = <CALayer: 0x113beb7e0>> Observable object key path '\_UICornerProvider.<computed 0x00000001a2768bc0 (Optional<UICoordinateSpace>)>' changed; performing invalidation for [layout] of: <_MapKit_SwiftUI._SwiftUIMKMapView: 0x10ae8ce00; frame = (0 0; 353 595); clipsToBounds = YES; autoresize = W+H; layer = <CALayer: 0x113beb7e0>> Observable object key path '\_UICornerProvider.<computed 0x00000001a2768bc0 (Optional<UICoordinateSpace>)>' changed; performing invalidation for [layout] of: <_MapKit_SwiftUI._SwiftUIMKMapView: 0x10ae8ce00; frame = (0 0; 353 595); clipsToBounds = YES; autoresize = W+H; layer = <CALayer: 0x113beb7e0>> Observation tracking feedback loop detected! Make a symbolic breakpoint at UIObservationTrackingFeedbackLoopDetected to catch this in the debugger. Refer to the console logs for details about recent invalidations; you can also make a symbolic breakpoint at UIObservationTrackingInvalidated to catch invalidations in the debugger. Object receiving repeated [layout] invalidations: <_TtGC7SwiftUI21UIKitPlatformViewHostGVS_P10$1a57c8f9c32PlatformViewRepresentableAdaptorGV15_MapKit_SwiftUI8_MapViewGSaVS2_P10$24ce3fc8014AnnotationData____: 0x10acc2d00; baseClass = _TtGC5UIKit22UICorePlatformViewHostGV7SwiftUIP10$1a57c8f9c32PlatformViewRepresentableAdaptorGV15_MapKit_SwiftUI8_MapViewGSaVS3_P10$24ce3fc8014AnnotationData____; frame = (0 0; 353 595); anchorPoint = (0, 0); tintColor = UIExtendedSRGBColorSpace 0.333333 0.333333 0.333333 1; layer = <CALayer: 0x12443a430>> Observation tracking feedback loop detected! Make a symbolic breakpoint at UIObservationTrackingFeedbackLoopDetected to catch this in the debugger. Refer to the console logs for details about recent invalidations; you can also make a symbolic breakpoint at UIObservationTrackingInvalidated to catch invalidations in the debugger. Object receiving repeated [layout] invalidations: <_MapKit_SwiftUI._SwiftUIMKMapView: 0x10ae8ce00; frame = (0 0; 353 595); clipsToBounds = YES; autoresize = W+H; layer = <CALayer: 0x113beb7e0>> IDE: Xcode 26 Beta 3 Testing device: iPhone 15 Pro iOS 26 Beta 3 MacOS: Tahoe 26 Beta 3

Although it doesn't seem to be a forbidden practice, placing toolbar items in the bottom bar of a modal Sheet (which has its own NavigationStack) triggers massive layout warnings. The same thing occurs when using the .searchable(...) view modifier inside a Sheet (which affects the bottom bar too). LayoutWarning.txt

I want to make an agent application in SwiftUI. It would be setup as a login item and have no dock icon and display no windows on start. I used AlertScene at first, but it is unavailable on macOS 14 which is my deployment target. Is there a way to have no windows or I'd better use AppKit for that?

[Submitted as FB18870294, but posting here for visibility.] In iOS 26 beta 3 (23A5287g), implicit animations no longer work when conditionally showing or hiding rows in a Form. Rows with Text or other views inside a Section appear and disappear abruptly, even when wrapped in withAnimation or using .animation() modifiers. This is a regression from iOS 18.5, where the row item animates in and out correctly with the same code. Repro Steps Create a new iOS App › SwiftUI project. Replace its ContentView struct with the code below Build and run on an iOS 18 device. Tap the Show Middle Row toggle and note how the Middle Row animates. Build and run on an iOS 26 beta 3 device. Tap the Show Middle Row toggle. Expected Middle Row item should smoothly animate in and out as it does on iOS 18. Actual Middle Row item appears and disappears abruptly, without any animation. Code struct ContentView: View { @State private var showingMiddleRow = false var body: some View { Form { Section { Toggle( "Show **Middle Row**", isOn: $showingMiddleRow.animation() ) if showingMiddleRow { Text("Middle Row") } Text("Last Row") } } } }

Hi, I’m using SwiftUI’s Map with custom Annotation content and trying to make the annotation view ignore touch interactions—similar to applying .allowsHitTesting(false) on regular views. The goal is to ensure that map gestures such as long press and drag are not blocked by annotation content. However, setting .allowsHitTesting(false) on the annotation content doesn’t seem to have any effect. Is there any workaround or supported approach to allow the map to receive gestures even when they originate from annotation views? Thanks in advance for any guidance!

In out project, we are creating a modular architecture where each module conform to certain protocol requirements for displaying the UI. For example: public protocol ModuleProviding: Sendable { associatedtype Content: View /// Creates and returns the main entry point view for this module /// - Parameter completion: Optional closure to be called when the flow completes /// - Returns: The main view for this module @MainActor func createView(_ completion: (() -> Void)?) -> Content } This protocol can be implemented by all different modules in the app, and I use a ViewProvider structure to build the UI from the module provided: public struct ViewProvider: Equatable { let id = UUID() let provider: any ModuleProviding let completion: () -> Void public init(provider: any ModuleProviding, completion: @escaping () -> Void) { self.provider = provider self.completion = completion } @MainActor public func layoutUI() -> some View { provider.createView(completion) } This code throws an error: Type 'any View' cannot conform to 'View' To solve this error, there are two ways, one is to wrap it in AnyView, which I don't want to do. The other option is to type check the provider with its concrete type: @ViewBuilder @MainActor private func buildViewForProvider(_ provider: any ModuleProviding, completion: (() -> Void)?) -> some View { switch provider { case let p as LoginProvider: p.createView(completion) case let p as PostAuthViewProvider: p.createView(completion) case let p as OnboardingProvider: p.createView(completion) case let p as RewardsProvider: p.createView(completion) case let p as SplashScreenProvider: p.createView(completion) default: EmptyView() } } This approach worked, but it defeats the purpose of using protocols and it is not scalable anymore. Are there any other approaches I can look at ? Or is this limitation in SwiftUI ?

I’m trying to open a window from a SwiftUI Scene inside an AppKit app using NSHostingSceneRepresentation (macOS 26). The idea is that I want to call openWindow(id: "some-id") to show the new window. However, nothing happens when I try this — no window appears, and there’s nothing in the logs. Interestingly, if I use the openSettings() route instead, it does open a window. Does anyone know the correct way to open an arbitrary SwiftUI window scene from an AppKit app? import Cocoa import SwiftUI @main class AppDelegate: NSObject, NSApplicationDelegate { let settingsScene = NSHostingSceneRepresentation { #if true MyWindowScene() #else Settings { Text("My Settings") } #endif } func applicationWillFinishLaunching(_ notification: Notification) { NSApplication.shared.addSceneRepresentation(settingsScene) } @IBAction func showAppSettings(_ sender: NSMenuItem) { #if true settingsScene.environment.openWindow(id: MyWindowScene.windowID) #else settingsScene.environment.openSettings() #endif } } struct MyWindowScene: Scene { static let windowID = "com.company.MySampleApp.myWindow" var body: some Scene { Window("Sample Window", id: MyWindowScene.windowID) { Text("Sample Content") .scenePadding() } } }

Text(...).textSelection(.enabled) does not work on iPhone and iPad, but works on Mac.

I need a layout where I have a ScrollView with some content, and ScrollView has full screen background image. Screen is pushed as detail on stack. When my screen is pushed we display navigation bar. We want a new scrollEdgeEffectStyle .soft style work. But when we scroll the gradient blur effect bellow bars is fixed to top and bottom part of the scroll view background image and is not transparent. However when content underneath navigation bar is darker and navigation bar changes automatically to adapt content underneath the final effect looks as expected doesn't use background image. Expected bahaviour for us is that the effect under the navigation bar would not use background image but would be transparent based on content underneath. This is how it is intialy when user didn't interact with the screen: This is how it looks when user scrolls down: This is how it looks when navigation bar adapts to dark content underneath: Minimal code to reproduce this behaviour: import SwiftUI @main struct SwiftUIByExampleApp: App { var body: some Scene { WindowGroup { ContentView() } } } struct ContentView: View { var body: some View { NavigationStack { ScrollView(.vertical) { VStack(spacing: 0.0) { ForEach(1 ..< 101, id: \.self) { i in HStack { Text("Row \(i)") Spacer() } .frame(height: 50) .background(Color.random) } } } .scrollEdgeEffectStyle(.soft, for: .all) .scrollContentBackground(.hidden) .toolbar { ToolbarItem(placement: .title) { Label("My Awesome App", systemImage: "sparkles") .labelStyle(.titleAndIcon) } } .toolbarRole(.navigationStack) .background( ZStack { Color.white .ignoresSafeArea() Image(.sea) .resizable() .ignoresSafeArea() .scaledToFill() } ) } } } extension Color { static var random: Color { Color( red: .random(in: 0...1), green: .random(in: 0...1), blue: .random(in: 0...1) ) } } We've also tried using ZStack instead of .background modifier but we observed the same results. We want to basically achieve the same effect as showcased here, but with the static background image: https://youtu.be/3MugGCtm26A?si=ALG29NqX1jAMacM5&t=634

Is there a way to keep the glass-style background on iOS 26 for a sheet with .presentationDetents when you navigate into a NavigationStack inside the sheet? Root level with glass: After following a NavigationLink inside the stack, the background is always opaque: The UI I'm building is somewhat similar to the Maps app, which resorts to showing another sheet on top of the main sheet when you select a location on the Map). I'm trying to get a similar look but with a proper navigation hierarchy inside the sheet's stack. Example code: import SwiftUI import MapKit struct ContentView: View { var body: some View { Map() .sheet(isPresented: .constant(true)) { NavigationStack { VStack { Text("Hello") NavigationLink("Show Foo") { Text("Foo") .navigationTitle("Foo") .presentationBackground(Color.clear) } } } .presentationDetents([.medium, .large]) .presentationBackgroundInteraction(.enabled) } } } #Preview { ContentView() }

I've observed a difference in the layout of menu items within ContextMenu and Menu when comparing system applications to my own SwiftUI app, specifically concerning the order of icons and titles. On iOS 26, system apps (as shown in the image in the "System App" column) appear to display the item's icon before its title for certain menu items. However, in my SwiftUI app, when I use a Label (e.g. Label("Paste", systemImage: "doc.on.clipboard")) or an HStack containing an Image and Text, the icon consistently appears after the title within both ContextMenu and Menu items. I'm aiming to achieve the "icon first, then title" layout as seen in system apps. My attempts to arrange this order using HStack directly within the Button's label closure: Menu { Button { /* ... */ } label: { HStack { Image(systemName: "doc.on.clipboard") Text(String(localized: "Paste")) } } // ... } label: { Text("タップミー") } seem to be overridden or restricted by the OS, which forces the icon to the leading position (as shown in the image in the "Custom App" column). System App Custom App Is there a specific SwiftUI modifier, or any other setting I might have overlooked that allows developers to control the icon/title order within ContextMenu or Menu items to match the system's behavior? Or is this a system-controlled layout that app developers currently cannot customize, and we need to wait for potential changes from Apple to expose this capability for in-app menus? Thanks in advance!

Buttons placed in the bottomBar and keyboard toolbar item positions in an inspector appear disabled/grayed out when at the large presentation detent. The same is not true for sheets. Is this intentional or a bug? If intentional, is there any backing design theory in the Human Interface Guidelines for it? Xcode 16.4 / 18.5 simulator // Inspector @ large detent struct ContentView: View { var body: some View { Color.clear .inspector(isPresented: .constant(true)) { Color.clear .presentationDetents([.large]) .toolbar { ToolbarItem(placement: .bottomBar) { Button("Save") {} .border(.red) } } } } } // Sheet struct ContentView: View { var body: some View { Color.clear .sheet(isPresented: .constant(true)) { Color.clear .presentationDetents([.medium]) .toolbar { ToolbarItem(placement: .bottomBar) { Button("Save") {} .border(.red) } } } } }

In my app, I had an '.commands' region that provided an "Open File" shortcut, bound to Command-o. My app manages multiple files, so this triggers my own file picker and opens the file. With iOS 2026, the system will not let me use this command, as the system is adding its own handler 'Open...' bound to the same shortcut, and with a target action called open:. My app also relies on LSSupportsOpeningDocumentsInPlace, which I believe is what triggers this behavior. Attempts to override it produce errors like this: Replacement elements conflict with existing elements: Keyboard Shortcut (duplicate modifierFlags: command, input: O): - Existing keyboard shortcut: <UIKeyCommand: 0x107cf4620> -> Title: Open... Action: open: Input: o + (UIKeyModifierCommand) - Conflicting keyboard shortcut: <UIKeyCommand: 0x107cf56c0> -> Title: Open Action: _performMainMenuShortcutKeyCommand: Input: o + (UIKeyModifierCommand) Ensure all keyboard shortcuts are unique to avoid undefined behavior. Mine is the open without the ellipsis. I would be happy if I could provide my own implementation of 'Open' and let SwiftUI call it, but I have not found any documentation for how to do this. I managed to override the buildMenu on the AppDelegate class, and while this removes the system version of 'open' SwiftUI is still going behind my back and disabling the menu entry (I suspect it is looking up the command by shortcut/modifier). So the closest I could do is to remove the system open menu with the buildMenu override, and then provide my own command with a different keyboard modifier (Control-o, instead of Command-o, which is ugly as hell, as everything else uses Command-Letter). Any guidance would be appreciated.