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# tabViewItems

The array of tab view items used to manage each of the child view controllers.

```
var tabViewItems: [NSTabViewItem] { get set }
```

## Discussion

This property contains an array of [`NSTabViewItem`](/documentation/AppKit/NSTabViewItem) objects. Each tab view item contains information about a tab in the tab view interface, including the child view controller that manages the tab’s contents.

Assigning a new array to this property updates the set of tabs displayed by the tab view controller.

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