# searchBarPlacementBarButtonItem An item you use to control the placement of the search bar in a toolbar on iPhone. ``` var searchBarPlacementBarButtonItem: UIBarButtonItem { get } ``` ## Overview When [`searchBarPlacement`](/documentation/UIKit/UINavigationItem/searchBarPlacement-swift.property) is `.integrated` or `.integratedButton` and a search controller is present, use this bar button item in the view controller’s [`toolbarItems`](/documentation/UIKit/UIViewController/toolbarItems) to control the placement of the search bar among them when the search bar is appearing in the [`UIToolbar`](/documentation/UIKit/UIToolbar) on iPhone. Without this bar button item, the positioning for the search bar defaults to trailingmost for the [`UIToolbar`](/documentation/UIKit/UIToolbar) case. The system ignores this bar button item during toolbar layout if [`searchController`](/documentation/UIKit/UINavigationItem/searchController) is `nil`. [`UIBarButtonItemGroup`](/documentation/UIKit/UIBarButtonItemGroup) throws an when you include this bar button item in its initialization. [`UINavigationItem`](/documentation/UIKit/UINavigationItem) throws an when you include this bar button item in [`leftBarButtonItems`](/documentation/UIKit/UINavigationItem/leftBarButtonItems) or [`rightBarButtonItems`](/documentation/UIKit/UINavigationItem/rightBarButtonItems). --- 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)