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# Menu tags

Constants for identifying special menu items in the search-menu template.

## Discussion

When an `NSSearchFieldCell` object dynamically constructs the actual search menu from this template, it shows or hides the tagged items as directed.

## Topics

### Constants

[`class var recentsTitleMenuItemTag: Int`](/documentation/AppKit/NSSearchField/recentsTitleMenuItemTag)

The menu item that provides the title of the menu group for recent search strings.

[`class var recentsMenuItemTag: Int`](/documentation/AppKit/NSSearchField/recentsMenuItemTag)

The location of recent search strings in the “recents” menu group.

[`class var clearRecentsMenuItemTag: Int`](/documentation/AppKit/NSSearchField/clearRecentsMenuItemTag)

The menu item for clearing the current set of recent string searches in the menu.

[`class var noRecentsMenuItemTag: Int`](/documentation/AppKit/NSSearchField/noRecentsMenuItemTag)

The menu item that describes a lack of recent search strings.


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