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# largeTitleDisplayMode

The mode for displaying the title of the navigation bar.

```
var largeTitleDisplayMode: UINavigationItem.LargeTitleDisplayMode { get set }
```

## Discussion

When large titles are available, this property controls how the navigation bar displays the navigation item’s title. The default value of this property is [`UINavigationItem.LargeTitleDisplayMode.automatic`](/documentation/UIKit/UINavigationItem/LargeTitleDisplayMode-swift.enum/automatic), which causes the title to use the same styling as the previously displayed navigation item. You can change the value of this property to force the navigation bar to display a large title ([`UINavigationItem.LargeTitleDisplayMode.always`](/documentation/UIKit/UINavigationItem/LargeTitleDisplayMode-swift.enum/always)) or a small title ([`UINavigationItem.LargeTitleDisplayMode.never`](/documentation/UIKit/UINavigationItem/LargeTitleDisplayMode-swift.enum/never)) for this item.

If the [`prefersLargeTitles`](/documentation/UIKit/UINavigationBar/prefersLargeTitles) property of the navigation bar is <doc://com.apple.documentation/documentation/Swift/false>, this property has no effect and the navigation item’s title is always displayed as a small title.

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