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# alwaysAvailable

A Boolean value that determines whether the group is always available through the UI.

```
var alwaysAvailable: Bool { get set }
```

## Discussion

Set this property to <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Swift/true> to ensure that the functionality in this group is available to people regardless of the customization of the groups.

When the value is <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Swift/true>, UIKit places the items in this group in the overflow menu for the [`UIUserInterfaceIdiom.phone`](/documentation/UIKit/UIUserInterfaceIdiom/phone) and [`UIUserInterfaceIdiom.pad`](/documentation/UIKit/UIUserInterfaceIdiom/pad) idioms. This property doesn’t have an effect for the [`UIUserInterfaceIdiom.mac`](/documentation/UIKit/UIUserInterfaceIdiom/mac) idiom.

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