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# tabBarPlacement

The current placement of the tab bar.

```
var tabBarPlacement: TabBarPlacement? { get }
```

## Discussion

Note that this value is only set within the
content views of a [`TabView`](/documentation/SwiftUI/TabView).

A `nil` value corresponds to an undefined placement.

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