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# standardAppearance

The appearance settings for a tab bar.

```
@NSCopying var standardAppearance: UITabBarAppearance? { get set }
```

## Discussion

When a tab bar displays the selected item, the appearance setting in this property overrides the settings in the [`standardAppearance`](/documentation/UIKit/UITabBar/standardAppearance) property of [`UITabBar`](/documentation/UIKit/UITabBar).

Use this property to apply a tab bar appearance based on the tab bar item stored in the [`selectedItem`](/documentation/UIKit/UITabBar/selectedItem) property. If the selected item’s [`standardAppearance`](/documentation/UIKit/UITabBarItem/standardAppearance) property is `nil`, UIKit uses the tab bar’s standard appearance.

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