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# UITab.Placement

A tab’s placement when displayed in contexts that allow different placement.

```
enum Placement
```

## Topics

### Placement values

[`UITabPlacementAutomatic`](/documentation/UIKit/UITab/Placement/automatic)

The system adds only top-level items to the tab bar, but people can add, remove, or move this item.

[`UITabPlacementDefault`](/documentation/UIKit/UITab/Placement/default)

The item appears in the tab bar, but people can move or remove it.

[`UITabPlacementFixed`](/documentation/UIKit/UITab/Placement/fixed)

The item appears in the tab bar’s leading edge, and people can’t move or remove it.

[`UITabPlacementMovable`](/documentation/UIKit/UITab/Placement/movable)

The item appears in the tab bar, people can move it but can’t remove it.

[`UITabPlacementOptional`](/documentation/UIKit/UITab/Placement/optional)

The item doesn’t appear in the tab bar, but people can add it and move it.

[`UITabPlacementPinned`](/documentation/UIKit/UITab/Placement/pinned)

The item appears as a pinned tab, on the trailing edge of the tab bar.

[`UITabPlacementSidebarOnly`](/documentation/UIKit/UITab/Placement/sidebarOnly)

The item only appears in the sidebar.

## Relationships

### Conforms To

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

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

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

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

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

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

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