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# addWindowsItem(_:title:filename:)

Adds an item to the Window menu for a given window.

```
func addWindowsItem(_ win: NSWindow, title string: String, filename isFilename: Bool)
```

## Parameters

`win`

The window being added to the menu. If this window object already exists in the Window menu, this method has no effect.

`string`

The string to display for the window’s menu item. How the string is interpreted is dependent on the value in the `isFilename` parameter.

`isFilename`

If <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Swift/false>, `aString` appears literally in the menu; otherwise, `aString` is assumed to be a converted pathname with the name of the file preceding the path (the way the `NSWindow` method [`setTitleWithRepresentedFilename(_:)`](/documentation/AppKit/NSWindow/setTitleWithRepresentedFilename(_:)) shows a title)

## Discussion

You rarely need to invoke this method directly because Cocoa places an item in the Window menu automatically whenever you set the title of an `NSWindow` object.

## See Also

[`title`](/documentation/AppKit/NSWindow/title)

The string that appears in the title bar of the window or the path to the represented file.


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