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# SFKeychainSettingsPanel

A panel or sheet that allows users to change their keychain settings.

```
class SFKeychainSettingsPanel
```

## Overview

Keychain settings include:

- Lock after a set period of inactivity
- Lock on sleep
- Synchronize using .Mac

The following figure shows an example of a keychain settings panel.

![Keychain settings panel](images/com.apple.securityinterface/media-1965595.png)

For more information, see [Keychain Services Programming Guide](https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/Security/Conceptual/keychainServConcepts/01introduction/introduction.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP30000897).

## Topics

### Returning a shared keychain save panel object

[`shared()`](/documentation/SecurityInterface/SFKeychainSettingsPanel/shared())

Returns a shared keychain settings panel object.

### Displaying a sheet or panel

[`beginSheet(for:modalDelegate:didEnd:contextInfo:settings:keychain:)`](/documentation/SecurityInterface/SFKeychainSettingsPanel/beginSheet(for:modalDelegate:didEnd:contextInfo:settings:keychain:))

Displays a sheet that allows users to change keychain settings.

[`runModal(for:keychain:)`](/documentation/SecurityInterface/SFKeychainSettingsPanel/runModal(for:keychain:))

Displays a panel that allows users to change keychain settings.


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