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# menu

Returns the responder’s menu.

```
var menu: NSMenu? { get set }
```

## Discussion

For `NSApplication` this menu is the same as the menu returned by its [`mainMenu`](/documentation/AppKit/NSApplication/mainMenu) property.

## See Also

[`defaultMenu`](/documentation/AppKit/NSView/defaultMenu)

Overridden by subclasses to return the default pop-up menu for instances of the receiving class.

[`menu(for:)`](/documentation/AppKit/NSView/menu(for:))

Overridden by subclasses to return a context-sensitive pop-up menu for a given mouse-down event.


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