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# UITabBar.ItemPositioning

Constants that specify tab bar item positioning.

```
enum ItemPositioning
```

## Topics

### Constants

[`UITabBarItemPositioningAutomatic`](/documentation/UIKit/UITabBar/ItemPositioning-swift.enum/automatic)

Specifies automatic tab bar item positioning according to the user interface idiom, as follows:

[`UITabBarItemPositioningFill`](/documentation/UIKit/UITabBar/ItemPositioning-swift.enum/fill)

Distribute items across the entire width of the tab bar.

[`UITabBarItemPositioningCentered`](/documentation/UIKit/UITabBar/ItemPositioning-swift.enum/centered)

Center items in the available space.

## Relationships

### Conforms To

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

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

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

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

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

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

---

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