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# synchronizeTitleAndSelectedItem()

Ensures that the item being displayed by the receiver agrees with the selected item.

```
func synchronizeTitleAndSelectedItem()
```

## Discussion

If there’s no selected item, this method selects the first item in the item menu and sets the receiver’s item to match. For pull-down menus, this method makes sure that the first item is being displayed (the `NSPopUpButtonCell` object must be set to use the selected menu item, which happens by default).

## See Also

[`var indexOfSelectedItem: Int`](/documentation/AppKit/NSPopUpButton/indexOfSelectedItem)

The index of the item that was last selected by the user.

[`var itemArray: [NSMenuItem]`](/documentation/AppKit/NSPopUpButton/itemArray)

The array of menu item objects associated with the button.


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