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# NSWindow.TabbingMode

The preferred tabbing behavior of a window.

```
enum TabbingMode
```

## Topics

### Modes

[`NSWindowTabbingModeAutomatic`](/documentation/AppKit/NSWindow/TabbingMode-swift.enum/automatic)

A window that automatically tabs together based on the user’s tabbing preference.

[`NSWindowTabbingModeDisallowed`](/documentation/AppKit/NSWindow/TabbingMode-swift.enum/disallowed)

A window that explicitly does not prefer to tab together with other windows.

[`NSWindowTabbingModePreferred`](/documentation/AppKit/NSWindow/TabbingMode-swift.enum/preferred)

A window that explicitly prefers to tab together with other windows with the same tabbing identifier.

## Relationships

### Conforms To

[`Sendable`](/documentation/Swift/Sendable)

[`SendableMetatype`](/documentation/Swift/SendableMetatype)

[`BitwiseCopyable`](/documentation/Swift/BitwiseCopyable)

[`RawRepresentable`](/documentation/Swift/RawRepresentable)

[`Equatable`](/documentation/Swift/Equatable)

[`Hashable`](/documentation/Swift/Hashable)

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