# beginSheet(forDirectory:file:modalFor:modalDelegate:didEnd:contextInfo:) Displays a sheet that allows a user to create a new keychain. ``` func beginSheet(forDirectory path: String!, file name: String!, modalFor docWindow: NSWindow!, modalDelegate delegate: Any!, didEnd didEndSelector: Selector!, contextInfo: UnsafeMutableRawPointer!) ``` ## Parameters `path` The path to the folder where the keychain is created. Specify `nil` for `~/Library/Keychains`. `name` The keychain name to be automatically displayed in the Save As field of the sheet. `docWindow` The parent window to which the sheet is attached. If this parameter is `nil`, the behavior defaults to a standalone modal window. `delegate` The delegate object in which the method specified in the `didEndSelector` parameter is implemented. `didEndSelector` A method selector for a delegate method called after the modal session has ended, but before the sheet has been dismissed. Implementation of this delegate method is optional. `contextInfo` A pointer to data that is passed to the delegate method. You can use this data pointer for any purpose you wish. ## Discussion The delegate method has the following signature: ```objc - (void)createPanelDidEnd:(NSWindow *)sheet returnCode:(int)returnCode contextInfo:(void *)contextInfo ``` The parameters for the delegate method are: - `sheet`: The window to which the sheet was attached. - `returnCode`: The result code indicating which button the user clicked: either or . - `contextInfo`: Client-defined contextual data that is passed in the `contextInfo` parameter of the [`beginSheet(forDirectory:file:modalFor:modalDelegate:didEnd:contextInfo:)`](/documentation/SecurityInterface/SFKeychainSavePanel/beginSheet(forDirectory:file:modalFor:modalDelegate:didEnd:contextInfo:)) method. The delegate method may dismiss the keychain settings sheet itself; if it does not, the sheet is dismissed on return from the `beginSheetForDirectory:...` method. Use the [`keychain()`](/documentation/SecurityInterface/SFKeychainSavePanel/keychain()) method to obtain the keychain created by the user. ## See Also [`func keychain() -> Unmanaged!`](/documentation/SecurityInterface/SFKeychainSavePanel/keychain()) Returns the keychain created by the keychain save panel. [`func runModal(forDirectory: String!, file: String!) -> Int`](/documentation/SecurityInterface/SFKeychainSavePanel/runModal(forDirectory:file:)) Displays a panel that allows a user to create a new keychain. --- Copyright © 2026 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. | [Terms of Use](https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/terms/site.html) | [Privacy Policy](https://www.apple.com/privacy/privacy-policy)