--- title: Scenes types in a SwiftUI Mac app | daily.dev description: A practical guide to SwiftUI scene types available for macOS app development. Covers WindowGroup for multi-window data-driven apps, DocumentGroup for... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/scenes-types-in-a-swiftui-mac-app-mvy6kcozz twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Scenes types in a SwiftUI Mac app | daily.dev og:description: A practical guide to SwiftUI scene types available for macOS app development. Covers WindowGroup for multi-window data-driven apps, DocumentGroup for... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/scenes-types-in-a-swiftui-mac-app-mvy6kcozz og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/MVY6kCozZ.png og:image:alt: Scenes types in a SwiftUI Mac app og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Scenes types in a SwiftUI Mac app **[Nil Coalescing](https://daily.dev/sources/nilcoalescing)** · 6 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A practical guide to SwiftUI scene types available for macOS app development. Covers WindowGroup for multi-window data-driven apps, DocumentGroup for file-based apps, Settings for preferences panels, Window for single unique windows, and MenuBarExtra for persistent menu bar controls. Each scene type is explained with its use case and a code example, and the post concludes by showing how multiple scene types can be composed together in a single app. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#swift](https://daily.dev/tags/swift), [#mac](https://daily.dev/tags/mac), [#swiftui](https://daily.dev/tags/swiftui), [#desktop-development](https://daily.dev/tags/desktop-development) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/scenes-types-in-a-swiftui-mac-app-mvy6kcozz) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Scenes types in a SwiftUI Mac app","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/scenes-types-in-a-swiftui-mac-app-mvy6kcozz","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/scenes-types-in-a-swiftui-mac-app-mvy6kcozz"},"datePublished":"2026-08-02T07:15:04.796Z","dateModified":"2026-08-02T07:31:38.490Z","description":"A practical guide to SwiftUI scene types available for macOS app development. Covers WindowGroup for multi-window data-driven apps, DocumentGroup for...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/ed725164c50d7d77f166726224d23da6?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/ed725164c50d7d77f166726224d23da6?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Nil Coalescing","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Nil Coalescing","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--rcEu6sag--/f_auto,q_auto/v1785654899/logos/nilcoalescing?_a=BAMAMicg0","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/nilcoalescing"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/scenes-types-in-a-swiftui-mac-app-mvy6kcozz","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"swift,mac,swiftui,desktop-development","timeRequired":"PT6M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Nil Coalescing","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/nilcoalescing"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Scenes types in a SwiftUI Mac app"}]} ```